The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• Can You Tell Me How To Get ... ... how to get diapers without Sesame Street characters on them?
  Tom Scocca Sept. 30, 2009
  
• Roxanne's Nonexistent Revenge Heard about the rapper who forced her label to pay for her Cornell Ph.D.? It never happened.
  Ben Sheffner Sept. 2, 2009
  
• Does Peace Have a Chance? Wars are less deadly than they've been for 12,000 years. Things could get even better.
  John Horgan Aug. 4, 2009
  
• Thank You, Sarah Palin Is Alaska's (soon-to-be ex-)governor right about taxing polluters? A thought experiment.
  Jonathan Rowe July 24, 2009
  
• Crazy Eddie's House Sale Home sellers should offer price protection the way many electronic retailers do.
  Ian Ayres June 1, 2009
  
• Collusion Course Does today's hush-hush meeting of newspaper executives violate antitrust law?
  Ben Sheffner May 28, 2009