Weakening the

political parties
would strengthen the
legislative brandi p.1
T he pursuit of
happiness makes
you miserable $MI^
Self-esteem has
nothing to do with
happiness p.7B
13 . THE MANIAC WILL BE TELEVISED p 48
^Condemnation of homosexuality
" is more socially deviant than
homosexuality p.52
7. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC ENEMY p.55
IDEAS
THAT SEEM
COUNTER INTUITIVE
BUT ACTUALLY
AR EN' T
11. GAY IS THE NEW NOR MAL p.52
Raffling off committee
slots could make
Congress more
democratic p.1N
T he American family
is not nuclear pSt
Banks are still
"loo big to fail" | L56
Evangelicals,
as oppressed
majority pJS2 '
Empowering the
minority is good for
the majority I LI I M
8 . GR ANDMA'S IN THE BASEMENT
( A N D J U N I O R ' S I N T H E A T T I C ) P .54
Open primaries =better politics |LlO2
4 . ELECTIONS WOR K p 58
Symptoms of brain tumors
can include headacfyes
and pedophilia | L1M
HOW TO TUR N
R EPUBLICANS ANO
OEMOCR ATSINTO
AMER ICANS p 102
IDEAS
SUGGESTING
HAT IGNOR ANCE
WAS BLISS
THE BR AIN ON TR IAL P.112
Arab upnsings haven't
made things much
better h'Arabs p.S8
14 . THE GR EEN R EVOLUTION IS NEITHER p.48
9. THE NEXT WAR WILL BE DIGITIZED p 54
Reducing US. oit
consumption may have
no effect on climate
change |k4 9
Electronic networks
contain the seeds of their
destruction p.54
Spot illustrations by Topos Graphics
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Your kid is not '
that special p.7Z
A lazier parent is
better parent p.
H O W T O L A N D Y O U R
K I D I N T H E R A P Y P M
H kids can't pa
the test, make i
harder | L 1 1 0
^ Unionized public
' employees, an demon
fat cats fja
^ ^
- Youth competition, as
ktyptonite for ambitious
parents p.70
LeBron
James as
the new
Curt Flood
T he best teachers
belong in the worst
schools |L11O
' mwcenaiy
1 2 . T H E PLAYERS O W N T H E GA ME p 49
I D E A S
T H A T W I L L
M A K E
Y O U EEEL
P O O R
T H E T R I U M P H O F J I H U l GE M E D I C I N E P.9O
Afternative medicine
may not work, but it
may be better than the
medicine we have
W B may never fully recover
' from the crash of 2008 | L S6
3 . T H E R IC H ARE DIFFERENT FR O M YO U AND ME p.eo
6 . W A LL ST REET : SA ME A S I T EVER W A S p S6
Parents should
constantly praise
their kids p.7Z
T he noxt crash
will be
than the last
T H E W O R L D ; 5 SC H O O L M A ST E R P.109
//A
China and India are
the best ftopefor
the Amer'can middle
class P.S3
1 0 . B O N D S A R E D E A D
(LONG LIVE BONDS) P.52
O N C E -
I N SP I R I N G I D E A S
T H A T A R E N ' T A L L
T he developing world
is getting materialistic
(thankfully) pM
1 . T H E R ISE O F T H E MID D L E C L A SS- J U ST NOT O URS p 63
T he world's best
schools are in
Shanghai p.110
I N VI SI B L E , I N C . P 8 0
T he price of revolution
IS a few dollars p.58
T he future ot camouflage
is more David Copperfield
than Rambo pJ t
5 . T H E A R A B SPR IN G I S A JOBS C R ISIS p 58
I D E A S T H A T
M A Y A U GU R
T H E E N D O F
T H E W O R L D
E A S O F T H E Y E A H
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