*the many >> only genius is genius
by chris romano

"The fact of the matter is, though technology is allowing everyone to do more, it's not necessarily making any of us better at it. We're just more obvious..."

   *the few >> millennial notes on getting published in america by gregory farnum

   *the rejects >> burning your fifteen minutes at both ends by viki reed

*sex >> smart is sexy
by kimberley may maurice

"So you want your freedom. Let me tell you something. Sex may appear to have freedom written all over it, but it doesn't. Does pregnancy mean freedom? No. It means the opposite..."

   *environmentalism >> the environmentalist will win in the end by stephen van esch

*greed >> metallica vs. the philosopher kings
by ryan jespersen

"What the Internet needs is a couple of philosopher kings."

   *space travel >> my time as an astronaut by robert delamar

*economics >> the $100 billion shrug
by ira nayman

"More and more in our current economy, although brand names seem to be increasing, the actual number of companies producing goods and services has steadily declined..."

*art >> chasing sublimity: nature, self and art
by max podstolski

"I am walking in solitude, seeing the luminous landscape as if for the first time, heart leaping to embrace the crescent moon. I am aware of striding legs carrying me forward on automatic pilot, as thoughts connect the dots of multiple fragments of consciousness into one..."

   *love & peace >> ex by chris jenkins

   *poetry >> smart-d: poetry by kenji siratori

"the clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth"