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August 14, 2009

Today At Tnr (august 14, 2009)

Defending The Nerds: Are The Best And Brightest Really All That Bad? by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
In This Economy, Should Health Care And Climate Change Be On The Backburner? by William Galston
Histories Of Violence: ‘Thirst’ Gets Under The Skin, While ‘District 9’ Stays On The Surface, by Christopher Orr
How Will The Global Economy Work … When We Run Out Of Places Dump Our Trash? by Bradford Plumer
TNRtv: What Obama Must Do To Pass Regulatory Reform, by Simon Johnson
Questioning The Administration’s Assumptions On How Quickly The Economy Will Recover, by Noam Scheiber
The Swiftboating Of Health Care Reform: When Facts No Longer Matter, by Jonathan Cohn

As always, be sure to check out economic news on The Stash, environment and energy coverage on The Vine, the latest on health care at The Treatment, and Marty Peretz's The Spine. Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston, Damon Linker, John McWhorter, and Alan Wolfe.