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		<title>Top ten news stories of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A completely subjective list, of course. But what the hell&#8230; aren&#8217;t they all?
Going in to 2008, one could hardly open a magazine or flip a channel without hitting a media comparison to 1968. It was 40 years ago (a nice, round number), and it was a paradigm-shifting political year that looked familiar, with an open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is Star Trek not Star Trek?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been ongoing concern in fan circles over whether J.J. Abrams&#8217; upcoming Star Trek film will be in keeping with the spirit of Trek as we&#8217;ve come to know it over 40+ years. I&#8217;ve written about it myself, but I&#8217;m far from the only one&#8230; and Abrams himself hasn&#8217;t exactly quelled such concerns with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elevation, from politics to popular fiction</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/12/elevation-from-politics-to-popular-fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slate reports that psychologists at UC Berkeley have been using Barack Obama&#8217;s speeches (among other stimuli) to study the causes and effects of a previously neglected emotional realm, dubbed &#8220;elevation.&#8221; Jonathan Chaidt of the University of Virginia, who coined the term, describes it thusly:
Powerful moments of elevation sometimes seem to push a mental &#8216;reset button,&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There are real problems, and then there&#8217;s this</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder
CHICAGO – Almost one in five young American adults [ages 19-25] has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life&#8230;
The disorders include problems such as obsessive or compulsive tendencies and anti-social behavior that can sometimes lead to violence. The study also found that fewer than 25 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some good news for the atmosphere</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/11/some-good-news-for-the-atmosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news broke last week, but got negligible media coverage that I&#8217;m aware of, so I think it&#8217;s still fair to call it to people&#8217;s attention. If you&#8217;re at all concerned about climate change or pollution, or for that matter just wondering how much influence the Obama administration will really be able to exert over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A festival of ideas</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/11/a-festival-of-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while it&#8217;s nice to get away from the computer for a couple of days. That&#8217;s what my lady love and I did this past weekend, predominantly so as to enjoy the final weekend of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
One of the things I enjoy most about big city life is the cultural amenities, [...]]]></description>
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