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James Downie
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May 18, 2011
James Downie
Oprah Winfrey's True Popularity
May 14, 2011
James Downie
L’affaire Ensign
May 13, 2011
James Downie
George Will's Strangely Selective Pedantry
May 13, 2011
James Downie
Friday the 13th, Traffic Accidents, and Finland
May 11, 2011
James Downie
Do Floods Hurt or Help Fish?
May 11, 2011
James Downie
Apocalypse Soon?
May 10, 2011
James Downie
Can Skype Help Teach English?
May 10, 2011
James Downie
Cicadas Confounding Scientists!
May 10, 2011
James Downie
Mmmm, More Kool-Aid
May 9, 2011
James Downie
The Mississippi River Floods: Is Climate Change to Blame?
May 9, 2011
James Downie
Flooding: A National Trend?
May 6, 2011
James Downie
Oil Prices and the Economy, Then and Now
May 6, 2011
James Downie
Gluten-Free Bread: Is It Really Worse?
May 5, 2011
James Downie
Prayer and Your Brain
May 4, 2011
James Downie
When The Mississippi River Floods A Lake
May 4, 2011
James Downie
Absinthe: Was The Famous Drink Really Mind-Altering?
May 3, 2011
James Downie
Killing Osama bin Laden
April 29, 2011
James Downie
NASA's Space Shuttle: How Does Spaceflight Change Sleep Patterns?
April 29, 2011
James Downie
Trump’s Team
April 28, 2011
James Downie
The Donald's Bizarre Obsession with College Admissions
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