Datebook: What’s Happening in November and December—and Why It Matters
From the Supreme Court-mandated date for California to relieve prison overcrowding to the New York City Marathon, events you should be aware of.
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Christmas
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Buenos Aires Painting the Town With Christmas Ornaments
What to do with thousands of abandoned Christmas ornaments stored in a down-and-out section of Buenos Aires? Turn them into a social science experiment, of course!
All I Want for Christmas Is the Truth
Our resident skeptic takes a look at some of the mythologizing that has arisen around the West's winter holidays, from poison plants to phantom Der Bingles.