James Surowiecki | New Yorker | 1 October 2012 Mitt Romney assails those "dependent upon government". He means people on Medicaid, Social Security and those who receive earned-income tax credit. But what about those companies reliant on government assistance for their profits? Comments Jason Schwartz | Boston Magazine | 29 September 2012 Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts just six years ago. Yet today he's so unpopular there he's barely bothering to campaign in the state. Why did the voters became so alienated? Comments Susanne Koven | Rumpus | 26 September 2012 Doctor makes the arguments for veganism. Better for human health, better for animal welfare. "And there’s another piece of it, which is the element of disgust: The way you’d feel if someone handed you a glass of blood" Comments John Dickerson | Slate | 26 September 2012 "Maybe there is a better way to evaluate our presidential candidates, and come to more reliable conclusions about which ones are likely to have the skills actually required for the job." This excellent four-parter has a few ideas Comments Gavin Francis | Granta | 26 September 2012 On working as a doctor in Antarctica for a year. "There were only fourteen of us on base: we were equipped for a fatality rate of 35%." And for the consequences of unprotected sex. It was very different in Shackleton's day Comments Joel Taylor | Scientific American | 25 September 2012 The classical computer debuted in 1936, and dominates everywhere today. But it won't forever; a revolution in computing is on the way. Here's a helpful introduction to the world of qubits, entanglement, superposition and coherence Comments | 
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