The Gist

Against All Owls

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On The Gist, New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova takes a gimlet eye to explanations for sleepy eyes: Are owls and larks bulls--t? Konnikova is the author of The Confidence Game.

For the Spiel, Donald Trump's sanest line is crazier than Mitt Romney's biggest gaffe.

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