POLITICS

[|Try the Santorum--Santorum cocktail taste test]

[|How Not To Apologize--Rush Limbaugh’s statement on Sandra Fluke was a textbook example of what not to say.]

[|When the Facts Don't Matter--Same-sex marriage isn't hurting anyone. So why are so many people still afraid of it?]

Atlantic: [|All the Single Ladies]

NYT: [|From Finland, an Intriguing School-Reform Model]

[|Why Innovation Can't Fix America's Classrooms]

[|Chinese Smog Disaster Rouses Chinese Media]

[|Don’t believe the sex addiction hype]

[|How cellphone cameras shape OWS] These videos have helped protesters create their own narratives and hold the police accountable

[|Can 17-Year-Olds Vote in Mississippi?] The weirder implications of Mississippi’s anti-abortion amendment declaring fetuses to be people.

[|America Needs Broadly Educated Citizens, Even Anthropologists]--The president of Arizona State University explains why Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s emphasis on practical education is short-sighted.

[|Slide show: Homemade posters from Occupy Wall Street] [|Is this video “Occupy Wall Street Gone Wild”?] [|“Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street” creator defends film] In a q-and-a on Salon, Steven Greenstreet discussed his motivations -- and critiqued the angry response from women [|Lemony Snicket’s “observations” on Occupy Wall Street] [] [|Occupation and realignment] How a real leftist movement could create a new center in American politics

Endangered Dragon:[|As Its Economy Sprints Ahead, China’s People Are Left Behind]

[|What caused the wealth gap?] Protesters are furious over America's growing income disparity. Economist Jeffrey Sachs explains where it came from

[|America's secular revival]: Five signs that, despite the GOP's efforts, religion's impact on U.S. politics will soon decline

[|All the President's Memes--Why Obama gets so much love on the Internet.]

[|As Chinese Visit Taiwan, the Cultural Influence Is Subdued]

[|Go Ahead, Eat Chocolate for Breakfast:] [|Why the lawsuit against Nutella is bunk.]

Bad Food? [|Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables]

[|Read My Lisp--] [|Is Michele Bachmann's husband gay? Don't trust gaydar to settle the question.]

[|Nicholas D. Kristof: Our Fantasy Nation?]: If Republicans seek a country with low taxes, little regulation and traditional family values, I have the perfect place for them. Body armor suggested.

[|Superbrands' success fuelled by sex, religion and gossip]

NYT: [|Foods With Benefits, or So They Say]