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On Other Websites: Week of August 6, 2012

  • Jared Diamond: Romney Hasn’t Done His Homework
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: Voting 'Reform' Across the Ages
  • Niall Ferguson: Blackout Just the Beginning in India
  • Derek Thompson: The Chart That 'Proves' Obama Will Be Crushed in the Election
  • Robert Krulwich: Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb [VIDEO]
  • Michael Seeley: What Are Wars Good For Anymore? Not for Plunder, At Least.
  • Colin Read: History of Algorithmic Trading Shows Promise and Perils
  • Erin Aubry Kaplan: Obama's Slave Link
  • Mary Kenny: The End of Catholic Ireland
  • Andrew Roberts: It's August ... Prepare for Cataclysm