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Back to SearchBEST OF THE GIST: Hate Speech On Campus Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the presidents of Harvard, M.I.T., and the University of Pennsylvania being hauled in front of the Hous…
2 years, 4 months ago
Untangling The News
Isaac Saul, a former writer for Vox, The Huffington Post, and Time Magazine, was frustrated with news bias and often slanted coverage. So he founded …
2 years, 4 months ago
Does Donald Trump Still Know How To Talk: An Investigation
In a national referendum, the country of Venezuela just voted to annex half of Guyana, against the will of the Guyanese ... and international law. An…
2 years, 4 months ago
"Vast Labyrinth" Or "Box Of Dates"?
Depending on where you get your news, the storied Hamas tunnel network is either a "vast labyrinth" or a 160-yard tunnel with little room for a comma…
2 years, 4 months ago
When Rewrites Go Wrong
A Boston Globe investigation into foster care adds to the sum of human knowledge only to have a botched MSNBC rewrite subtract from it. Also on the s…
2 years, 4 months ago
Every Little Thing Xi Does Is Tragic
It would seem China is in a state of decline, but it's hard to know for sure. The Economist's Ted Plafker joins to discuss what we can discern about …
2 years, 4 months ago
BEST OF THE GIST: Misused Political Slogan Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we explore a few catchy political slogans that turned out to be deceptive, confusing, or just kind of dumb. …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Slings And Poop Maps Of Outrageous Fortune
Eliot Cohen, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies and former Counselor to the Secretary Of State has always thought Shakespeare …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Tempest In Elon Musk's Brain
Elon Musk's intemperate but tempestuous remarks show us a man whose not hard to understand but difficult nonetheless. Plus, we're visited by Kliph Ne…
2 years, 5 months ago
Flying Cars Grounded By Red Tape And The Russian Mob
In Bradley Tusk's new novel Obvious In Hindsight, a flying car company attempts to get government approval, even though the politics are dicey, the l…
2 years, 5 months ago