Social Justice Palliative Care May Trump Heroic Measures in Life Expectancy A new study finds palliative care doesn't put patients out of their misery; it puts the misery out of the patients. Joanne Kenen
Economics Justifying What You Know Can’t Be True Researchers looking at al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein explore why it is that people often steadfastly believe something even when they've been shown it ain't so. Emily Badger
Economics There’s a Pink Elephant in the Room, Too Even if you're agnostic on the matter of death panels, why is it OK to off grandma and not gramps? Michael Todd