The Religious Right's Failed Gay-Marriage Backlash - The Atlantic
Dropped: Why did Anthony Gatto, the greatest juggler alive — and perhaps of all time — back away from his art to open a construction business? - Jason Fagone, Grantland
Canada Changes Gestation Crate Rules -Harvest Public Media, via Sowing Agricultural Seeds Daily
What Neuroscience Says About The Link Between Creativity and Madness - Fast Company "In theSeptember issue of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, Fink and the others conclude that perhaps creative and schizotypal people share an inability to filter out extraneous or irrelevant material."
The Midwestern Laggard - Menzie Chinn Re Wisconsin
A 26-Story History of San Francisco - Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic Cities
Gold in the Mud: The twisted saga of jailhouse boxer James Scott's battle for redemption - SBNation
How We Built the Ghettos- The Daily Beast
The man who destroyed America’s ego: How a rebel psychologist challenged one of the 20th century’s biggest—and most dangerous—ideas- Medium
In an update to the link above about creativity and madness, I just heard Heywood Banks, the composer of "Big Butter Jesus" and other comedy song classics, when asked how he comes up with ideas for his songs, say they just pop into his head. "I could probably use a filter," he said. Hmmm...
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