News in Brief Killing Osama bin Laden Was Bittersweet Is revenge sweet, or is it just awful? For many of us, it’s both, according to a new… Pacific Standard Staff
Economics Revenge Counterproductive, Sayeth the Scholars Revenge may not be all that sweet after all. New research finds that, at least in some cases, punishing a person who has wronged us simply prolongs our pain. Tom Jacobs