Research now supports what I discovered my junior year in high school, when I first sucked down black coffee after midnight: sleep deprivation alleviates depression. I am ecstatic. This is lifestyle validation. Documented in 1,700 patients, published in 70 papers – no way, I keep thinking, no way....

Blake Eskin worries that the iPad’s shiny screen will add a previously nonexistent sense of vanity to reading: Does reading become a more narcissistic activity? Do we project ourselves more deeply into the narratives we read? Flipping though a celebrity magazine, does it put me on the same plane...

It’s been a long time since someone ran on the Whig party ticket but that’s exactly what’s happening in Florida: Gerritzen is running for the seat now held by first-term Democrat Alan Grayson. He appears to be all alone on the Whig side, but Grayson also has plenty of competition from...

To be honest, I’m not quite sure where I stand on this essay by Christopher Cox explaining why he’s a good vegan even though he eats oysters. The crux of the argument, though, is a good one: oysters are okay to eat because they don’t feel pain in a way that makes it wrong and growing...

Patricia Cohen reports on the growing trend of studying literature and literary thinking through psychological techniques: Now English professors and graduate…say they’re convinced science not only offers unexpected insights into individual texts, but that it may help to answer fundamental questions...

The Chicago newsphere was abuzz about an AP story on the 10,000 plus cameras installed throughout the city. Personally, I’m not that bothered. And I’m not alone.Chicagoist’s post on this includes a quote from ACLU spokesman Edwin Yohnka saying “…it does appear that people only object is when...