Author Archives: Naomi

Is there such a thing as “brainwashing”?

It all started with that uneradicable question: why did anyone vote for Trump? For years I’ve been trying to uncover the answer by digging around in people’s brains. No, I’m kidding. I have been digging around, though, in a wide … Continue reading

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Weird weird Findings from Harper’s: coyotes, vasectomy regret, ketamine, Mars’s rocks, political statement eating

The Findings are always factual. Harper’s even provides cites for them, just in case you can’t believe or understand what they’re telling you. It isn’t that the Findings are getting weirder. They’ve always been weird. Maybe it’s my attitude toward … Continue reading

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The zeitgeist wandered off my reservation

I’m half-listening to a TV show on which the host said he was bringing on a legendary guest and I braced myself. I’ve never heard of him. How could someone be “legendary” yet unknown to me? He is supposedly a … Continue reading

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