• Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons For Occupy D.C.

• Translating A Norwegian First Novel: A Q. & A. With Kerri Pierce

• The Dr. Phil-You-With-Horror-O'-Lantern

• Some Baseball Art To Enjoy With The World Series

• Why the Tea Party Hates Occupy Wall Street

• An Inquiry Concerning the Distinctness of the Principles of Natural Theology and Morality

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If all goes according to plan, tomorrow will be the day that the weather finally catches up with the calendar. That weird sense of unease that we've all felt while waiting for the season to assert itself will finally be lifted, and we will be thrown headfirst into autumn. Finally, the feeling of promise we always have at this time of year—now we're going to get serious, this is when it's really going to happen for us—will settle in alongside the lower temperatures, the smell of smoke, playoff baseball and warm alcoholic drinks with breakfast. The feeling will last until, oh, the end of October, when the Christmas [...]

This week:

• A Supposedly True Thing Jonathan Franzen Said About David Foster Wallace

• How To Read A Weather Map

• The Rising Cost Of Candy

• The Fake Stalker and His Secret Tumblr

• Why Should We Demonstrate? A Conversation With An Activist and related Occupy Wall Street Coverage

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Some things happened this week. These are the ones we can remember: We praised the skills of director Tom Scharpling, spent some time in police custody, read Duff McKagan's autobiography, visited with heroic dogs, examined a contentious trademark fight and explained what a Cheryl Cole is. Somebody died. Oh, yeah, and we launched a new website. It was actually a pretty busy week, all told. AND NOW IT'S OVER. Thank the Lord.

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