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JHockenberry

  1. Can Russia maintain influence in Syria without supporting Assad? Is solving that puzzle the key to a solution in Damascus? #syria #houla
  2. Why are the Spurs so powerful? Are they the Detroit PIstons of this era? Or do their big stars get foolishly overlooked. NBA runs on Duncan?
  3. Remembering with Ken Davis how Decoration Day became Memorial Day. Families would get together to decorate graves and then picnic.
  4. Girls gets a new season I get a new opportunity to make sure my teenage girls miss it for another year. #girls @hbo @thetakeaway
  5. Creativity is a state we must nurture and preserve, the brain will do the rest, says Jonah Lehrer.
  6. Why did Sabra and Shatilla massacres in Lebanon produce such global outrage a generation ago while Syria remains largely a curiosity?
  7. Memorial Day thoughts as 2 American wars wind down... one more slowly than the other.
  8. Everybody have a great memorial day weekend... now that's an ORDER!
  9. The world's most expensive private delivery service gets a big test in a few hours. Space X delivers 1000lbs of pizza?
  10. Tommy Lee Jones Mr. Cameo before he became a star. @thetakeaway
  11. Reg Writers Rule!!! Listen to Paul Schultz on the regulatory process @thetakeaway.
  12. More troubling science concerning obesity. Could C-section births actually increase the likelihood of childhood obesity. @thetakeaway
  13. DON'T TOUCH THAT SUICIDE PIN!!!! @thetakeaway @discoveryTS
  14. CEOs stay in their jobs for a shorter time these days yet get higher pay than ever! Check out Adrian Wooldridge @theeconomist @thetakeaway
  15. Economist Adrian Wooldridge makes impassioned defense of the public company as an innovator and job creator. @thetakeaway
  16. Audio tour of the Discovery Center's Spy exhibit from brilliant Tim Weiner. Fab Cold War weirdness and nostalgia @thetakeaway @discoveryTS
  17. Hillary Clinton spoke too soon about hackers targeting Al Qaeda in Yemen? Frontline's Jamie Doran says maybe @thetakeaway @frontlinepbs