New York Times

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    NYT: Times Wire
  • Michelle Obama Announces Anti-Obesity Drive

    By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:41 am
    Michelle Obama announces her child obesity initative.
  • Globetrotters Show That Ice Is No Obstacle

    By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am
    Proven winners on hardwood courts, aircraft carriers, arena roofs and bull rings, the Harlem Globetrotters on Tuesday added outdoor ice rinks to their list of places where they have beaten the Washington Generals.
  • What's the Best Age to Have Children?

    By LISA BELKIN
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 am
    A study published yesterday in the journal Autism Research suggests that an intricate equation may exist between autism in children and the age of both the mother and father.
  • Kelley Blue Book Values for Toyota Prius Drop

    By CHERYL JENSEN
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am
    Kelley Blue Book has seen a decline in the transaction prices on the new 2010 Prius in the last week and said the hybrid has been selling for $1,000 to $1,500 less (or closer to dealer invoice value than suggested retail price).
  • Indie Distributor New Yorker Films Gets a Second Reel

    By DAVE ITZKOFF
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
    The company's catalog of more than 400 foreign and independent titles, including works by Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, has a new owner.
 
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    NYT: Opinion
  • How the First Amendment Works

    By STANLEY FISH
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:18 am
    A follow-up column on the First Amendment and the recent Supreme Court decision, with a discussion of readers’ comments.
  • Editorial: Music Inc. Gets Bigger

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am
    Antitrust regulation still suffers from an unwillingness to challenge “vertical integration” — as shown in the approval of the merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
  • Editorial: The Hudson Cleanup

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am
    The Environmental Protection Agency must make sure that General Electric follows through on the second phase of dredging the Hudson River no matter how difficult.
  • Op-Ed Columnist: The World’s Watchmaker

    By ROGER COHEN
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:11 pm
    China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing — and it’s heading south.
  • Editorial: A New Space Program

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm
    President Obama is calling on NASA to develop “game-changing” technologies. For this to happen, the plan must be focused and adequately financed.
 
 
 
 
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    NYT: Your Money
  • Could Now Be the Time to Buy a New Toyota?

    By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am
    Toyota appears to be offering more generous incentives to spur vehicle sales, according to Edmunds.com.
  • Tuesday Reading

    By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:57 am
    How much Americans really spend on services like Internet and cable, the price of an in-flight pillow and blanket and other consumer-focused items from Tuesday's Times.
  • As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out

    By JENNA WORTHAM
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:54 pm
    The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.
  • Patient Money: Fighting Denied Claims Requires Perseverance

    By WALECIA KONRAD
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm
    Following a few steps can make the process of appealing insurance denials easier and increase the likelihood of success.
  • Paying People Not to Walk Away

    By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm
    A company called Loan Value Group is working with mortgage providers to offer rewards for staying put to home owners likely to strategically default on their loans.
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    NYT: Deal Book
  • S.&P. Issues Negative Outlooks for BofA and Citi

    By DEALBOOK
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am
    Standard & Poor's lowered its credit rating outlooks on Bank of America and Citigroup to negative from stable on Tuesday, saying the government appears less likely to provide a further bailout if either bank needs it in the future.
  • Opel's Strategy Has Fewer Jobs and Less Capacity

    By DEALBOOK
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:39 am
    Adam Opel, the European unit of General Motors, announced an ambitious turnaround plan Tuesday, vowing to become profitable in 2012 by cutting capacity by 20 percent and reducing its work force by 8,300.
  • For Private Equity, a Time for Wary Optimism

    By RHEA WESSEL
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    It's time for "paranoid optimism" about the economy as the world maneuvers its way into a new balance of power, John Micklethwait, editor in chief of The Economist, argued at the Super Return 2010 conference on Tuesday.
  • Super Return: Black Sees Better Days Ahead

    By RHEA WESSEL
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:22 am
    Leon D. Black, the head of Apollo Management, seemed relieved to exhale as Super Return 2010, the giant private equity conference, began in Berlin on Tuesday.
  • Warren: Banks' Sabotage of Overhaul Will Hurt Them

    By DEALBOOK
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:13 am
    In a scathing editorial, Elizabeth Warren, a professor of law at Harvard and the chair of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, denounces in The Wall Street Journal the deception that has become routine in the practices of U.S. banks, and renews the call for a consumer protection agency.
 
 
 
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    NYT: Technology
  • Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

    By JOHN TIERNEY
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am
    A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.
  • Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat

    By JENNA WORTHAM
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:44 am
    Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.
  • More on Online Language Learning

    By ERIC A. TAUB
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am
    In addition to the online language learning programs discussed in a recent Times article, here are several more that may be of interest.
  • Samsung Gets the Amoled Out

    By STEPHEN WILLLIAMS
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am
    Reports are that the Korean brand will bring devices with AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays to market in the next year.
  • App of the Week: Weather for Everyone

    By ROY FURCHGOTT
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am
    The Weather Underground mobile Web site works on most any Web-enabled phone, and on a smartphone you can set it up to work like an app.
 
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    NYT: Pogue's Posts
  • Why We Make Home Videos

    By DAVID POGUE
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am
    As you may be aware, we're about to enter a whole new era of data rot, one of the biggest and most personal of all: consumer videotape is going away.
  • A New Way to Comment on Pogue's Posts

    By DAVID POGUE
    3 Feb 2010 | 11:16 am
    Pogue's Posts has a new, updated comment system that is better for everyone.
  • The Apple iPad: First Impressions

    By DAVID POGUE
    27 Jan 2010 | 12:54 pm
    Some wild speculations of a guy who's never even tried the iPad. Believe me, I'll review it when I get one. But I like what I'm seeing.
  • Google Voice Is Back on the iPhone, Mostly

    By DAVID POGUE
    26 Jan 2010 | 12:27 pm
    Have an iPhone? Tired of waiting for a Google Voice app? There's a workaround from the folks in Mountainview.
  • The Apple Guessing Game

    By DAVID POGUE
    23 Jan 2010 | 11:02 am
    What might Apple be announcing this week? It seems to be a tablet, but the mystery is in the details.
 
 
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    NYT: Book Reviews
  • Tales Out of School

    By CLAUDIA GOLDIN
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:03 am
    A survey of the state of American research universities.
  • Cruel Love

    By LEAH HAGER COHEN
    6 Feb 2010 | 2:02 pm
    Louise Erdrich’s new novel is a portrait of an “iconic” marriage on its way to dissolution, and it appears to be seeded with deliberate allusions to her own marriage with the writer Michael Dorris.
  • From Russia, No Love

    By ELENA LAPPIN
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm
    English became a secret path to personal freedom for the author of this memoir, who escaped the confines of the Soviet Union at age 24.
  • Moving the Deck Chairs

    By KEVIN PHILLIPS
    6 Feb 2010 | 12:08 am
    Joseph Stiglitz has harsh words for President Obama’s approach to the economic crisis.
  • Drinking and Grieving

    By FRANCINE du PLESSIX GRAY
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:21 pm
    The characters in Amy Bloom’s erotically charged, linked stories struggle with love and its loss.
 
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    NYT: Weddings/Celebrations
  • Rebecca Mark and David Bernfeld

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:30 pm
    Rebecca Lee Mark, a daughter of Laurie B. Gelles of Brooklyn and Steven C. Mark of Manhattan, was married Saturday evening to David Nicholas Bernfeld, the son of Virginia Pepe and Lawrence D. Bernfeld of Manhattan.
  • Field Notes: Put Some Pop in the Question

    By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI
    6 Feb 2010 | 1:38 pm
    Here are 10 of the most compelling proposals (all successful) submitted in 2009.
  • Betsy Burton, Davidson Goldin

    6 Feb 2010 | 1:13 pm
    Betsy Burton, a daughter of Nancy J. Burton of New York and Robert M. Burton of Caledonia, Mich., was married Saturday evening to Davidson Gurston Goldin, a son of Marjorie B. Goldin and the late Dr. Gurston D. Goldin of New York.
  • Caitlin Allen, Corey Wilson

    6 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pm
    Caitlin C. Allen and Corey P. Wilson were married Saturday in South Bend, Ind.
  • Stacey Widlitz, Roger Thomson

    6 Feb 2010 | 1:03 pm
    Stacey Lynn Widlitz, a daughter of Patricia M. Widlitz and Gary Widlitz of Guilford, Conn., was married Saturday evening to Roger Murray Thomson, a son of Margaret and Murray Thomson of Dundee, Scotland.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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    NYT: College Football
  • N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit

    By PETE THAMEL
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm
    A district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.
  • Advertising: An Advocacy Ad Elevates Interest in All the Ads

    By STUART ELLIOTT
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am
    The spot, featuring the college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, has been the subject of one of the most intense tugs of war over an ad in many years.
  • Nation’s Top Recruit Commits to U.S.C., Then Thinks Again

    By THAYER EVANS
    3 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Seantrel Henderson, a 6-foot-8, 340-pound left tackle from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, is waiting to sign a letter of intent until the Trojans hear about possible N.C.A.A. sanctions.
  • Experience in Sports Optional for New Leaders

    By KATIE THOMAS
    1 Feb 2010 | 11:18 pm
    The position of athletic director, once the realm of former coaches, is increasingly being populated by executives with little experience in college sports, but a mind for business.
  • Forever Linked by One Play

    By JOHN BRANCH
    1 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm
    Thirty-seven years after Duke quarterback Mark Johnson leveled Jim Santa, a Maryland linebacker, the two reconnected.
 
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    NYT: Hockey
  • Ducks Snap Kings' Nine-Game Winning Streak

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Although the longest winning streak in the Los Angeles Kings' history finally was stopped by their closest rivals, they hope the momentum from that confidence-building run will extend all the way into the spring.
  • NHL Standings

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am
    All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.
  • N.H.L. Roundup: Flyers Rally From 2-0 Deficit to Beat Devils

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:25 pm
    Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal with less than eight minutes left in the third period, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Devils.
  • Ducks' Getzlaf Sprains Left Ankle

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf sprained his left ankle during the second period of Anaheim's game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.
  • Stewart, Yip Lead Avalanche Over Blues 5-2

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm
    DENVER (AP) -- Brandon Yip scored two goals, Chris Stewart had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night.
 
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    NYT: Pro Basketball
  • Shock May Make Move Without 2 All-Stars

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am
    TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of the last things the Detroit Shock did before they moved to Oklahoma was announce that All-Stars Deanna Nolan and Katie Smith had agreed to contract extensions.
  • Lakers Down Spurs For Second Win Without Kobe

    By REUTERS
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:31 am
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers pulled together to win their second straight contest without Kobe Bryant with a 101-89 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.
  • Analysis: Dueling Priorities as the Knicks Rebuild

    By HOWARD BECK
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am
    The Knicks’ present is gloomy, their future uncertain, and their short- and long-term goals in clear conflict. Call it an unfortunate but necessary side effect of rebuilding.
  • NBA Standings

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am
    All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.
  • Bryant Unsure About Playing in All-Star Game

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:40 pm
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he'll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle.
 
 
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    NYT: Paul Krugman
  • America Is Not Yet Lost

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.
  • Fiscal Scare Tactics

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Fear-mongering on the deficit as part of the Republican political strategy could end up doing as much harm as the fear-mongering on weapons of mass destruction.
  • Good and Boring

    31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    We can learn from Canada’s regulatory habit of limiting the risk and leverage banks can accept, which helped protect that country from recessionary fallout.
  • March of the Peacocks

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Our budget problems won’t be solved with gimmicks like a temporary freeze in nondefense discretionary spending.
  • The Bernanke Conundrum

    24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Ben Bernanke should be reappointed as chairman of the Federal Reserve only because rejecting him could make the Fed’s policies worse.
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    NYT: Thomas L. Friedman
  • Postcard From Yemen

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Sana is not Kabul, and Yemen is not Afghanistan not yet. Yemenis have the resources to save themselves, but they need to be mobilized by better governance.
  • When Economics Meets Politics

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The world needs 2010 to be a quiet year, but that will require our global problems to be defused with win-win compromises rather than win-lose confrontations.
  • Never Heard That Before

    30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The two parties must work together to remove the pall of uncertainty the international community is feeling about our country’s political stability.
  • Adults Only, Please

    26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Are we home alone? If our elites do not behave with a greater sense of the common good, we could find our economy doing a double dip with a back flip.
  • More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

    23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    We need to start an Innovation Movement to create good jobs by spawning more Steve Jobs entrepreneurs who will invent new products and services.
 
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    NYT: David Carr
  • Plentiful Content, So Cheap

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Demand Media pays $15 to $20 on average for an article -- videos are about $30 -- but the company has no trouble finding steady contributors.
  • To Deliver, iPad Needs Media Deals

    31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The iPad is a device for consuming media, not creating it. So are the media providers ready to do business?
  • Conjuring Up the Latest Buzz, Without a Word

    24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Apple has said not a word about what it will introduce this week, and yet reporting about an expected tablet has gone on for months.
  • THE MEDIA EQUATION; It's Not Jay Or Conan. It's Us.

    17 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The other night, my daughter and I watched Jay Leno, talking about him and his soon-to-be-canceled show. We took in Conan O'Brien as well, dissecting the inside jokes and the implications of his walking away from ''The Tonight Show.'' As they did their thing, we talked about their performing styles, demographic appeal and remarkable hair. But even though the late-night fratricide has resulted in some must-see moments, I should point out that we were nowhere near a television. We were at the kit...
  • In Leno Fiasco, a Window to the Midlife Crisis of NBC

    10 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Not since New Coke has a storied brand been so thoroughly maimed, and the situation suggests that networks mess with viewing habits at their peril.
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    NYT: David Leonhardt
  • ECONOMIC SCENE; Centrist, And Yet Not Unified

    19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    So what should happen with health reform now? The stunning victory of Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who will have Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat, suggests that public opinion has turned against the proposal. It's hard to know exactly how Democrats will respond. But given the sudden uncertainty over health reform's fate, this does seem to be an important time to boil down its substance.
  • SPENDING ON HEALTH; A $2.3 Trillion Bill

    13 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The federal government released its latest estimates of health spending last week, and they allow for some telling comparisons. In 2008, the United States spent $2.3 trillion on medical care, or 16.2 percent of gross domestic product and $7,681 per person. Of this $2.3 trillion, the federal government spent $817 billion, while state and local governments spent $290 billion. The tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance amounted to about $250 billion in lost federal revenue -- which i...
  • Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against Reform

    12 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama has not chosen anyone to lead Medicare, but the chief would oversee big parts of the health reform.
  • Fed Missed This Bubble. Will It See a New One?

    5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A lack of explanation for why the Fed failed to recognize the economic bubble is the weak link in its push for power.
  • Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care

    29 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm
    In Richmond, Va., where hospital beds are fewer, health care looks like the rest of the country’s, but cheaper.
 
 
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    NYT: Editorial Columnists
  • The House of Tranquillity

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Barack Obama and Joe Biden once had a Felix and Oscar air about them. But in recent months, Obama has found a way to use Biden’s skills, while Biden has found ways to be of use.
  • The World’s Watchmaker

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing and it’s heading south.
  • The Worst of the Pain

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.
  • America Is Not Yet Lost

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.
  • The Dream of Zero

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Linking the antiproliferation agenda to the dream of universal nuclear abolition, as President Obama seems intent on doing, is a naïve approach to a very difficult problem.
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    NYT: Charles M. Blow
  • Obama Gets His Groove Back

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama’s new sense of vigor comes as a welcome reprieve from a year in which he toddled about as if someone had slipped him an Ambien.
  • Lost in Translation

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The president has yet to realize that people want clear goals, clearly defined and clearly (and concisely) conveyed.
  • Mobs Rule

    22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    It seems as if Obama and the Democrats made the mistake of believing that a heart once won was forever won. They were wrong. The mob is fickle.
  • Lady BlahBlah

    15 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Sarah Palin’s decision to become a contributor to Fox News is a shrewd one. Touché, Barracuda.
  • G.O.P. Grief and Grieving

    8 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Are the battles among establishment Republicans and the tea party folks the desperate thrashings of a dying movement or the labor pains of a new one?
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    NYT: David Brooks
  • The House of Tranquillity

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Barack Obama and Joe Biden once had a Felix and Oscar air about them. But in recent months, Obama has found a way to use Biden’s skills, while Biden has found ways to be of use.
  • The Sporting Mind

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Big-time college sports, though absurd, have some virtues.
  • The Geezers’ Crusade

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    It now seems clear that the only way the U.S. is going to avoid an economic crisis is if the older generation takes it upon themselves to arise and force change.
  • The Perot Option

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Advisers to the president should remind him that though he may not be a billionaire with a huge ego, he has self-esteem and should use it.
  • The Populist Addiction

    25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Populists of both parties can’t seem to grasp that a politics based on punishing the elites won’t produce any of the things required for progress and growth.
 
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    NYT: Roger Cohen
  • The World’s Watchmaker

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing and it’s heading south.
  • Dog Days in China

    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    There's nothing rational in the view that it's weird of the Chinese to eat dog. After all, in the West pet "micro pigs" are becoming fashionable.
  • Obama’s Halfway House

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama’s gut tells him the world demands new policies, but Washington politics keep him stuck in the conventional.
  • Exit America

    28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The rise of China appears to be unstoppable, but let's try imagining a world in which Beijing no longer freeloads on a declining United States.
  • A Woman Burns

    25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In China, reforms to real estate law are needed to bring development and individual rights into some balance and slow the fast-money corruption machine.
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    NYT: Gail Collins
  • No Holds Barred

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating senators’ right to stop things.
  • Florida, We Have a Problem

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Cutting a federal program is next to impossible because there’s usually somebody who cares much more about keeping it than the White House does about making it go away.
  • Illinois’s Daddy Problem

    31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Illinois voters go to the polls Tuesday for primaries in which every candidate is looking to run as an outsider, regardless of family ties.
  • Another Inconvenient Truth

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Bloomberg rebellion against holding a terror trial in Lower Manhattan fits right into the sour, us-first mood that’s settled over the country.
  • United We Rant

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Seldom has a presidential address been delivered when so many Americans are so angry for so many different reasons.
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    NYT: Maureen Dowd
  • A Scrubbed Toe in the Race

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Harold Ford Jr., the transplant with the Tennessee driver’s license who was raised in Washington, D.C., professes that he loves, loves, loves, loves New York.
  • Defending the Long Gay Line

    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    How many pragmatists does it take to change a law that asks soldiers who live by a code of honor to lie about who they are?
  • Camus Fired Up

    30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    For a moment in time, at the Q. and A. with the president at the annual retreat of House Republicans, each side realized that the other had something to say.
  • Bringing Sexy Back

    26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama’s Oneness has been one-upped. Everyone in Washington now wants to touch the hem of President-elect Scott Brown.
  • The Naked and the Dead

    23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new understanding of the rhythm of American politics and why leaders have struggled in their attempts at big changes.
 
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    NYT: Bob Herbert
  • The Worst of the Pain

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.
  • Time Is Running Out

    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Rescuing the U.S. economy will require a commitment, and undoubtedly sacrifices, that need to start now.
  • Jim Crow Policing

    1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The fact that a certain percentage of crimes are committed by Hispanics or blacks is no reason for the police to increasingly harass individuals from those groups.
  • A Radical Treasure

    29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Think of what this country would be like if Howard Zinn and others like him never bothered to fight for what they believed in.
  • Obama’s Credibility Gap

    25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama is in danger of being perceived as someone whose skillful rhetoric cannot always be trusted, and Americans want to know what he stands for.
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    NYT: Nicholas D. Kristof
  • The World Capital of Killing

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Congo has become the world capital of rape, torture and mutilation in ways that sear the survivors of a war that appears to have claimed more lives than the Holocaust.
  • From ‘Oprah’ to Building a Sisterhood in Congo

    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    In a land where so many “responsible” leaders eschew responsibility, an American has gone out of her way to assume responsibility and try to make a difference.
  • Orphaned, Raped and Ignored

    30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The civil war in eastern Congo has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake, yet no humanitarian crisis generates so little attention.
  • Kids in Crisis (Behind Bars)

    27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    A good starting point to rehabilitate young offenders is to stop the criminal abuse many of them endure in correctional facilities.
  • What Could You Live Without?

    23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    One family found that selling their home and donating half the proceeds to charity made a difference for themselves as much as the people they helped.
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    NYT: Frank Rich
  • Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    After Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, a curious silence befell the right.
  • The State of the Union Is Comatose

    30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The dysfunctional Congress needs shock therapy, not a talking cure from a president with large legislative majorities and powerful strings to pull.
  • After the Massachusetts Massacre

    23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Neither in action nor in message is Barack Obama in front of the anger roiling the country over the dysfunctional economy and corrupt business culture.
  • OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Great Tea Party Rip-Off

    16 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Even given the low bar set by America's bogus conversations about race, the short-lived Harry Reid fracas was a most peculiar nonevent. For all the hyperventilation in cable news land, this supposed racial brawl didn't seem to generate any controversy whatsoever in what is known as the real world. Eugene Robinson, the liberal black columnist at The Washington Post, wrote that he was ''neither shocked nor outraged'' at Reid's less-than-articulate observation that Barack Obama benefited political...
  • The Other Plot to Wreck America

    9 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The financial crash precipitated by the failure of Lehman Brothers was the banking industry’s 9/11. Without reform, another massive attack on our economic security is guaranteed.
 
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    NYT: ArtsBeat
  • Air Force Reserve Responds to White Stripes

    By DAVE ITZKOFF
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am
    In a statement, the Air Force Reserve said, "There was never any intention to utilize any existing music or to sound like any music by the band White Stripes or any other musical performer."
  • White House Reschedules Concert to Beat the Snow

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:49 am
    With another round of wintry weather threatening Washington, the White House announced that it would hold a concert featuring Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, Joan Baez and Jennifer Hudson on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday night.
  • Indie Distributor New Yorker Films Gets a Second Reel

    By DAVE ITZKOFF
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
    The company's catalog of more than 400 foreign and independent titles, including works by Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, has a new owner.
  • Salzburg Easter Festival Roiled by Financial Scandal

    By DAVE ITZKOFF
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am
    State prosecutors are investigating eight people involved with the festival on suspicion of deception and embezzlement
  • Clock Is Ticking on Possible '24' Movie

    By DAVE ITZKOFF
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am
    The motion-picture division of 20th Century Fox is preparing a movie-length adventure for Jack Bauer, the secret agent on "24" whose world-saving exploits always take exactly one day to unfold.
 
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    NYT: Bats
  • Piniella Says He Forgives McGwire

    By JOE BRESCIA
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    Lou Piniella, among those honored at the 30th annual Thurman Munson Awards dinner, spoke of the Cardinals' new hitting coach, Mark McGwire.
  • More Ways to Torture Mets Fans

    By KEN BELSON
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:17 pm
    The 2010 team calendar highlights many events that most Mets fans would like to forget.
  • A Name Change in Brooklyn

    By RICHARD SANDOMIR
    4 Feb 2010 | 4:27 pm
    The Cyclones take a more local approach to the naming rights for their park.
  • Phillips to Appear on 'Today'

    By RICHARD SANDOMIR
    4 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm
    The former ESPN analyst and Mets general manager takes his first steps as he attempts a comeback.
  • Mays Found Creative Ways to Avoid Ejection

    By BRUCE WEBER
    30 Jan 2010 | 1:44 pm
    Willie Mays is the subject of new biography, this first for which he has cooperated with the author. In a recent interview, many stories of his life came out, too many than could fit in an article about the book, including one about his relations with umpires.
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    NYT: Bitten
  • Off of Antarctica

    By MARK BITTMAN
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am
    Near Antarctica, the days are long, but the sun is largely absent, and the weather rarely warms up - when it goes over 60, it's cause for celebration. No gardens here.
  • Layering On a New Flavor

    By EDWARD SCHNEIDER
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pm
    For lasagne, hold the ricotta and béchamel, and try celery root instead.
  • Super Bowl Snacks

    By MARK BITTMAN
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am
    For a Super Bowl party, recipes for scallop gumbo and jambalaya.
  • Banning Junk Food in Public Schools

    By MARK BITTMAN
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    Jill Richardson notes some encouraging school lunch news from Massachusetts.
  • Featured Recipe: Coconut-Braised Beef

    By MARK BITTMAN
    1 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am
    When it is braised, chuck becomes the most tender of meats, as in this version of Malaysian rendang, in which browned beef chunks are simmered in coconut milk until tender.
 
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    NYT: City Room
  • Digital Chirps in Subway Tunnels

    By J. DAVID GOODMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:05 am
    The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's tweets are timely even, and sometimes especially, when its trains aren't.
  • A Teacher Terror Alert Phenomenon?

    By SHARON OTTERMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am
    Every time there is something that could be construed as bad news for the city's Department of Education, the head of the teachers' union says, someone, somewhere leaks a story about teacher misconduct.
  • Schools Closed Tomorrow

    By LIZ ROBBINS
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am
    The day before a blizzard is expected, the city announced that schools would be closed Wednesday.
  • A Smoothie That Hits the Spot

    By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am
    Xoom, a smoothie shop in the East Village, offers a "paw shake," which blends peanut butter, oat bran, bananas and water, and is served in a bowl, a dog biscuit on the bottom.
  • Pipe Fitters, Yes. Statesmen, Too.

    By ANDY NEWMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am
    Also in the Morning Buzz: the governor's veto of an ethics bill survives an override attempt; a Bronx block patrolled by feral chickens; and more regional news.
 
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    NYT: Dot Earth
  • When Coal Flows Between Countries, Who 'Owns' the CO2?

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am
    When rich countries sell coal to poor countries and buy the resulting goods, who "owns" the resulting CO2 emissions?
  • Exxon and the Climate Fight

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:40 pm
    A British newspaper reports that oil companies direct money to climate skeptics.
  • Reality Check on Old Ice, Climate and CO2

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm
    An expert on glaciers and climate explains how ice records relate to global warming.
  • Signs of Damage to Public Trust in Climate Findings

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm
    CBS News has run a report summarizing fallout from the illegal distribution of climate scientists' email messages and files and problems with the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The conclusion is that missteps and mistakes are creating broader credibility problems for climate science. [UPDATE, 2/8: Elisabeth Rosenthal has filed a piece reviewing [...]
  • If the Climate Accord Works, Will the Climate Notice?

    By JOHN M. BRODER
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am
    A member of the American negotiating team in Copenhagen assesses whether the resulting accord can limit climate risks.
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    NYT: Economix
  • What We're Reading...

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am
    Criminals are more likely to be ugly, and other links from around the Web.
  • A New Norm for Unemployment?

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:29 am
    The average length of time unemployed workers have been out of jobs is at an all-time high.
  • Keeping China (Relatively) Green

    By EDWARD L. GLAESER
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:16 am
    Chinese cities are still a lot greener than American ones, but that may change as it modernizes.
  • What We're Reading...

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am
    What to do with your Super Bowl winnings, and other links from around the Web.
  • An Economist Walks Into a Bar

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:05 am
    PBS Newshour had a segment last week on economic humor.
 
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    NYT: Formula One
  • Jean Todt, FIA President, Speaks

    By BRAD SPURGEON
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    Jean Todt, the new president of the International Automobile Federation, spoke to journalists in Paris about his new job.
  • Second Wave of F1 Testing

    By BRAD SPURGEON
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:55 am
    The F1 teams will return to testing in Jerez, Spain this week, with several teams joining the fray. But rain threatens turning the last 12 available test days before the season starts into even fewer.
  • Ferrari Stays on Top in Valencia

    By BRAD SPURGEON
    3 Feb 2010 | 10:01 am
    First winter test session ends for Formula One teams with Ferrari having the strongest car.
  • Testing, and F1 Season, Begin in Valencia

    By BRAD SPURGEON
    1 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am
    Formula One winter testing began in Spain. While Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fastest of the day in his first official test after an accident last year, Michael Schumacher got the better of his teammate in his return to the sport.
  • Champions Spar as McLaren Mercedes Launches MP4-25

    By BRAD SPURGEON
    29 Jan 2010 | 3:38 am
    McLaren Mercedes launched its new car and presented its two back-to-back world champion drivers in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button - the first time in F1 history that a team runs the last two consecutive champions together.
 
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    NYT: Gadgetwise
  • App of the Week: Weather for Everyone

    By ROY FURCHGOTT
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am
    The Weather Underground mobile Web site works on most any Web-enabled phone, and on a smartphone you can set it up to work like an app.
  • Samsung Gets the Amoled Out

    By STEPHEN WILLLIAMS
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:07 am
    Reports are that the Korean brand will bring devices with AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays to market in the next year.
  • More on Online Language Learning

    By ERIC A. TAUB
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:38 pm
    In addition to the online language learning programs discussed in a recent Times article, here are several more that may be of interest.
  • Super Bowl XLIV Apps to Load Before Kickoff

    By ROY FURCHGOTT
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pm
    This Super Bowl weekend, whether you are rooting for the New Orleans Saints or that other team, there is a dog pile of apps to can enhance the game.
  • For iPhone Users, TV Over 3G

    By ROY FURCHGOTT
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:15 pm
    AT&T has cleared Slingbox to transmit your home TV signal over the 3G network, providing TV without a Wi-Fi connection. Now it needs Apple's approval.
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    NYT: Gambit
  • Carlsen Conquers Corus

    By DYLAN MCCLAIN
    1 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm
    Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1 player, wins the first major tournament of the year.
  • Washington Post Discontinues Chess Column

    By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
    4 Jan 2010 | 5:44 pm
    The Washington Post's chess column is a victim of cost-savings measures.
  • For Many People, Holidays Are a Time for Playing

    By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
    2 Jan 2010 | 6:17 pm
    While most people spent the holidays with friends and family, a blizzard of tournaments attracted chess players around the world.
  • Game of the Year

    By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
    30 Dec 2009 | 2:16 pm
    A nominee for what was the most interesting/exciting/best-played game of the year.
  • Another Dose of Nostalgia

    By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
    20 Dec 2009 | 3:37 pm
    In a match in Russia between chess legends, Viktor Korchnoi leads Boris Spassky, 2 to 1.
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    NYT: Globespotters
  • At Tate Modern, Gorky's Power and Poetry

    By VALERIE GLADSTONE
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Fans of Arshile Gorky should head straight to the Tate Modern, which is hosting the first major retrospective of the enormously influential artist to be seen in Europe in about 20 years.
  • Surface to Air Flagship Shop Surfaces in Paris

    By SUZY EVANS
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Creativity equals capital. That's the vision of Surface to Air, a multidisciplinary company combining efforts in fashion, film, photography, music, film, and graphics. Now the group has a flagship retail location in the Marais, which opened late last month.
  • Out With the Ox, in With the Tiger

    By JULIE MAKINEN
    7 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, will soon be upon us (and with it, the Year of the Tiger), and Hong Kong has one of the most elaborate celebrations in the world. Here's a quick guide to the festivities in the city.
  • Parades, Horses and Art at Rome's Carnevale

    By GAIA PIANIGIANI
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Carnival, the festive season before Lent, is celebrated around the world, and Rome is no exception. In fact, over the last couple of years, the city has taken the revelry up a few notches.
  • A Parisian Street Artist Comes Indoors

    By ALICE PFEIFFER
    4 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    It's a well known-fact: the French love to take graffiti off the avenues and put it into galleries. The Parisian street artist André Saraiva, a k a André, has decided to do the opposite, by presenting an exhibition of his non-graffiti works at Colette, a hip boutique on the rue Saint-Honoré.
 
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    NYT: The Lede
  • Saints to March at Last in New Orleans

    By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ROBERT MACKEY
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am
    Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade for the New Orleans Saints, which will roll through their home city at 5 p.m. Central time, will be a hybrid homecoming celebration and Mardi Gras parade.
  • Another Not So Great Moment in Chicago Politics

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am
    A candidate's expression of tearful regret while surrounded by supportive family members followed a familiar script but, the time and place chosen for the announcement, a bar during the Super Bowl, did not.
  • Race to Avoid a 'Death by Red Tape' in Haiti

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:41 pm
    An informal media campaign tries to save a young Haitian girl from "death by red tape."
  • Video of the Shackleton Whisky Cache

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:26 pm
    Video from Antarctica on the team that dug up five crates of whisky and brandy left beneath a hut there in 1909 by the explorer Ernest Shackleton.
  • Ukraine's Voters Speak, in Two Voices

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm
    A presidential election in Ukraine shows a deep divide between the country's red and blue regions.
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    NYT: Lens
  • On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles

    By MICHAEL KAMBER
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm
    Yemen is a fascinating and daunting place for a Western photographer, as Michael Kamber learned. There are plenty of subjects; just not the ones you want.
  • Pictures of the Day: Monday, Feb. 8

    By RAYMOND MCCREA JONES and DAVID W. DUNLAP
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm
    Beyond the grief expressed so keenly in the opening photograph, Monday's show offers some pleasures as well, in Slides 6 and 11.
  • On Assignment: Haiti at the Homefront

    By MARIANA VASCONCELLOS and DAVID W. DUNLAP
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm
    "All of us would like to run to Haiti and photograph," said Michelle Agins. Instead, she went to Queens, where Mariana Vasconcellos filmed her at work.
  • On Assignment: Sideline Scrimmage

    By BARTON SILVERMAN and JAMES ESTRIN
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:07 pm
    "It's like everybody's trying to jump on each other," said Barton Silverman of The Times, recalling past Super Bowls. He's talking about the photographers.
  • Pictures of the Day: Friday, Feb. 5

    By MERRILL D. OLIVER and DAVID W. DUNLAP
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pm
    Three photographs that stand out in Friday's show do so because of elements that dominate, while occupying only a small portion of the frame.
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    NYT: The Local - Maplewood
  • Teens Abscond with Tips in Maplewood

    By THE LOCAL
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:54 am
    Thefts of a tip jar, a car, some electronic equipment in an apartment and a Heineken mini keg were among the crimes reported by the Maplewood police for the last week.
  • Millburn Parents Turn Out Against Redistricting

    By MATTHEW DEMICCO
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:11 am
    Two hundred parents showed up last night at the Millburn Board of Education meeting to protest a plan to shift some students from Glenwood Elementary School to Deerfield Elementary.
  • The Day: Sharing Time for South Orange, Maplewood

    By LOIS DESOCIO
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am
    The South Orange Board of Trustees agreed at last night's meeting to move forward on a plan to share some municipal services with Maplewood. It also agreed to allow sidewalk sandwich boards for store owners.
  • Millburn Police: Beware of Facebook Fraud

    By THE LOCAL
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:39 pm
    A 'friend' wrote that she was robbed at gunpoint in London, and asked that $900 be sent to a London address through Western Union. It was a hoax.
  • Be the Journalist: Town Meetings, 'Bugsy Malone'

    By THE LOCAL
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm
    The Local needs journalists to cover the next two weeks of meetings in our three towns. Pick one that interests you.
 
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    NYT: Motherlode
  • What's the Best Age to Have Children?

    By LISA BELKIN
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 am
    A study published yesterday in the journal Autism Research suggests that an intricate equation may exist between autism in children and the age of both the mother and father.
  • When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:40 am
    Every pediatrician knows the frustration of trying to quantify the speech and language skills of a screaming toddler.
  • Two Stars: The QB, and His 'Little Man'

    By LISA BELKIN
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:31 am
    One-year-old Baylen Brees became a star at the Super Bowl, not just because he is adorable, but also because of the way his father, the winning quarterback, looked at him.
  • How Do Parents Pay for College?

    By LISA BELKIN
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:16 am
    I got an e-mail from a reader asking how the average, hard-working, middle-class parent can possibly make high tuition payments with only an 18-year head start.
  • Life After a Child Dies

    By LISA BELKIN
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm
    There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses a child. When our parents die we are orphans. When our spouse dies, we are widowed. When a child dies we are speechless.
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    NYT: The New Old Age
  • Ask an Elder Law Attorney

    By PAULA SPAN and CRAIG REAVES
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am
    Can a parent spend down for Medicaid eligibility and still keep her home?
  • In Obama's Budget, Help for Caregivers

    By PAULA SPAN
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    The president's proposed budget sets aside more than $100 million for services provided to caregivers.
  • Underused Therapy for the Heart: The Gym

    By PAULA SPAN
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm
    New research shows that a program of cardiovascular rehabilitation is remarkably effective following heart surgery or a heart attack.
  • Help for Hoarding

    By PAULA SPAN
    28 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm
    Resources, though limited, are available for helping seniors who hoard.
  • Schooling the Aging Brain

    By PAULA SPAN
    26 Jan 2010 | 9:37 am
    A new study adds to evidence that the aging brain needs novelty and stimulation.
 
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    NYT: Floyd Norris
  • What's in a Name?

    By FLOYD NORRIS
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am
    What's in a name? When it comes to an Inn in New York, a lot.
  • Super Bowl by Decades

    By FLOYD NORRIS
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:08 pm
    When the A.F.C. is ascendant -- as it was in the 1970s and 2000s -- the decade is not a good one in the stock market. So the Saints' victory may herald good times ahead.
  • Looking Up

    By FLOYD NORRIS
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:58 am
    At last, the number of people out of work because they lost their jobs is trending down. It looks as if some of those workers are now finding employment.
  • Overstock Restates, Again

    By FLOYD NORRIS
    4 Feb 2010 | 3:44 pm
    Quietly, Overstock.com decides to restate its profits. Why did it not do that months ago?
  • Crumbling Europe?

    By FLOYD NORRIS
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:50 am
    The euro core is solid. But at the fringes, it is crumbling. How the core countries deal with that will determine the future shape of Europe.
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    NYT: On the Runway
  • Behind the Scenes: The Product Specialist

    By CATHY HORYN
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:33 pm
    Recently, over a meal at Ben's deli on W. 38th Street, I spoke to Cindy Ferrara, a veteran production specialist, about her job and how the work has changed. The wingspan of her career is enormous. Now manager of product development and production at Danskin, a Moret Group brand, Ms. Ferrara first came to New York in the early 70s to buy fabrics for a shirt company she started as an Iowa college student.
  • Couture Warriors

    By CATHY HORYN
    29 Jan 2010 | 12:18 pm
    Here's a look at another idea from the spring couture: garments with exceptional three-dimensional texture.
  • The Shining

    By CATHY HORYN
    29 Jan 2010 | 11:54 am
    Glistening fabrics gave the spring couture collections in Paris an extra quality of mystery.
  • Paris Couture: Roses, Clouds, Spice

    By CATHY HORYN
    27 Jan 2010 | 5:56 pm
    I don't think anyone would bother to argue that Chanel was the best show of the spring haute couture collections, in a class by itself.
  • Paris Couture: Dior's Many Icons

    By CATHY HORYN
    25 Jan 2010 | 11:20 am
    Outside the Dior haute couture show, held in the house, where the pale gray walls are lined with portraits of the famous and (mostly) departed, a throng of photographers and onlookers waited behind steel barricades.
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    NYT: Paper Cuts
  • Chicken Soup for the Post-Salinger Soul

    By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm
    In an essay just posted at Tablet, Marissa Brostoff argues that we don't quite know how to evaluate J. D. Salinger in relation to his notably libidinous Jewish contemporaries (Roth, Bellow, Mailer) in part because of his lack of what he himself, in "Franny and Zooey," called "testicularity."
  • Book Review Podcast: Amy Bloom and Lee Siegel

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    5 Feb 2010 | 11:55 am
    This week: A conversation with Amy Bloom about her new story collection, "Where the God of Love Hangs Out"; Lee Siegel discusses Christopher Lasch's classic, "The Culture of Narcissism"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
  • Stray Questions for: Elizabeth Hawes

    By GREGORY COWLES
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Elizabeth Hawes is the author of "New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City, 1869-1930" and, most recently, the biography/memoir "Camus: A Romance."
  • Dangerous Books

    By GREGORY COWLES
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am
    "The Dangerous Book for Boys" seemed nostalgic for a 1950s childhood - but even in the 1950s, people thought kids were missing out on the magic of youth, to judge from the newly reissued "How to Do Nothing With Nobody All Alone by Yourself."
  • Living With Music: A Playlist by Lauren Grodstein

    By GREGORY COWLES
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Lauren Grodstein is the author of a story collection and two novels, most recently "A Friend of the Family." She teaches creative writing at Rutgers, where she helps administer the M.F.A. program.
 
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    NYT: The Quad
  • Searching for Role Models

    By JOAH SPEARMAN
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    Despite being looked up to by many, athletes often fall short of being quality role models.
  • The Next Great Big Man?

    By PETE THAMEL
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:09 pm
    Andre Drummond is a 6-foot-11 17-year-old from Connecticut who is drawing early comparisons to Amar'e Stoudemire and Dwight Howard.
  • College Sports as Emotional Hubs

    By CONNOR ENNIS
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm
    David Brooks of The New York Times addressed the subject of college sports in a column Friday.
  • Bison Basketball: Fun on the Road

    By PATRICK BEHAN
    5 Feb 2010 | 2:38 pm
    As the Bison get ready to play Navy, they also remember the fun times they have had on other trips this season.
  • The Eyes of Texas Weren't Upon Him

    By THAYER EVANS
    4 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm
    The father of the nation's top recruit notes a curious omission.
 
 
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    NYT: Goal
  • Bundesliga Keeps Financial House in Order

    By JACK BELL
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm
    The German Bundesliga wants the world to know that even in these trying economic times, it is solvent and competitive -- a soccer island in Central Europe that exudes diligence, steady growth and smart management.
  • UEFA Considers Politics in Euro Draw

    By BENJI LANYADO
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:19 pm
    By acknowledging the political issues, UEFA hoped to avoid them by keeping Azerbaijan from playing Armenia and separating Russia and Georgia in Euro 2012 qualifying.
  • UEFA Sets Qualifying Groups for Euro 2012

    By ANDREW DAS
    7 Feb 2010 | 5:41 pm
    UEFA held the qualifying draw Sunday for the 2012 European Championship, which will be played in Poland and Ukraine.
  • Altidore: 'A Tremendously Well-Taken Goal'

    By JACK BELL
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:46 pm
    With one well-timed swing of his right foot, Jozy Altidore helped to ease the pain in his personal life and the pressure in his professional.
  • It's Official: FIFA Selects Gang of 30 for World Cup

    By JACK BELL
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am
    The Seychelles has one. So does Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Mali, Algeria and Hungary. And New Zealand has two. The United States? None. Zero. Zip.
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    NYT: Green Inc.
  • The Rise of 'Green' Modular Homes

    By FRANCESCA LYMAN
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am
    "Green and energy efficient homes are here to stay," said a manager Clayton Homes, a maker of solar-ready modular homes.
  • K.K.R. Continues Greening Its Portfolio

    By TODD WOODY
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:57 am
    The private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is expanding an initiative it started with the Environmental Defense Fund to improve the sustainability of its portfolio companies.
  • Siemens Touts Growth in Renewables and the Value of the American Market

    By LARS KROLDRUP
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:56 am
    "We want to be one of the leading companies on the American market," said Andreas Nauen, the chief executive of Siemens Wind Power, told Green Inc. on Monday.
  • Good Energies Invests in Massachusetts Clean Energy Firm

    By JOHN LORINC
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am
    Nexamp, a Massachusetts clean energy company, announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5 million in venture financing from the Dutch-Swiss investment giant Good Energies and other investors.
  • Nuclear Power Giant Buys Solar Firm

    By MATTHEW L. WALD
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:24 pm
    Areva, French nuclear power company, has bought Ausra, a small manufacturer of solar thermal systems that can be used for electricity production or industrial steam.
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    NYT: Well
  • When Your Toddler Doesn't Talk

    By TARA PARKER-POPE
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:09 pm
    The earlier a speech-delayed child can get some help, the better the prospects, writes Dr. Perri Klass.
  • Is 'Avatar' Giving You a Headache?

    By TARA PARKER-POPE
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:06 pm
    "Really?" columnist Anahad O'Connor explores the link between 3-D movies and headaches.
  • Do You and Your Doctor Have the Same Priorities?

    By TARA PARKER-POPE
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:24 pm
    New research shows that doctors and patients often don't agree on which health issues are the most important.
  • Retracting a Medical Journal's Autism Study

    By TARA PARKER-POPE
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am
    The editor of The Lancet discusses responsibility for continuing fears about vaccines and autism, after the medical journal retracted its 1998 study's conclusions on the subject.
  • Nurse on Trial After Reporting Doctor

    By TARA PARKER-POPE
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:07 am
    New York Times reporter Kevin Sack reports on the unlikely prosecution of a nurse who informed state regulators about a doctor she believed was practicing bad medicine.
 
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    NYT: Idea of the Day
  • America's Wars Without Decisive End

    By TOM KUNTZ
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:27 am
    Tuesday | Today's idea: America has an impressive record of starting wars, but lately a dismal record of ending them well, a historian says -- so best to heed cautious generals. [The American Conservative]
  • All in the Tyrannical Arab Family

    By ALAN LEE
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:32 am
    Monday | Today's idea: The problems of the Arab world lie as much with oppressive families as with authoritarian regimes, an author argues. [Al-Bab.com, Qantara]
  • How to Survive a 6-Mile Fall

    By TOM KUNTZ
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:35 am
    Friday | Today's idea: If you're going to plummet 35,000 feet without a parachute and live to tell the tale, it's probably best to grab a piece of debris on the way down. [Popular Mechanics]
  • Artificial-Limb Envy

    By TOM KUNTZ
    4 Feb 2010 | 3:42 am
    Thursday | Today's idea: Technology and the marketplace have transformed the artificial limb from emblem of hurt and loss into paradigm of the "sleek, modern and powerful," an article says. Prosthetics now provoke envy, and a desire for further tissue removal for self-enhancement. [Fast Company]
  • Driver's Licenses for the Internet?

    By TOM KUNTZ
    3 Feb 2010 | 3:33 am
    Wednesday | Today's idea: Let's have "driver's licenses" for the Internet to counter online fraud, hackers and espionage, a Microsoft executive suggests. [The Curious Capitalist]
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    NYT: In Transit
  • Q&A: A Southwest Itinerary for Two Friends

    By RUSHA HALJUCI
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am
    "We are considering flying to Phoenix and spending time there, in Sedona and at the Grand Canyon. Can you suggest a basic itinerary and possibly hotels where we can relax but also explore those beautiful red rocks and canyons?"
  • Today in Business Travel

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am
    This year's lists singled out the 10 "dirtiest" hotels in each of six regions - the United States, Asia, Canada, France, Italy and Britain.
  • At Tate Modern, Gorky's Power and Poetry

    By VALERIE GLADSTONE
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Fans of Arshile Gorky should head straight to the Tate Modern, which is hosting the first major retrospective of the enormously influential artist to be seen in Europe in about 20 years.
  • A Floating Safari in Bostwana

    By HUGH RYAN
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:30 pm
    The Zambezi Queen offers luxury river cruises down the Chobe River in Botswana.
  • High Tech on the High Seas

    By ELAINE GLUSAC
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Social media networks and mobile apps are popping up on cruises.
 
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    NYT: Laugh Lines
  • 'Headed to Jail'

    By ALAN LEE
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am
    Monologue | Monday night on "The Jay Leno Show" on NBC: Well, congratulations to the world champion New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl. That's the best thing to happen to New Orleans since George Bush left office.
  • 'A Moving Ceremony'

    By ALAN LEE
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am
    Monologue | Monday night on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS: Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints. They defeated my Indianapolis Colts. So all I can say is, "Don't worry, Indianapolis, FEMA is on the way."
  • 'Written on Her Hand'

    By ALAN LEE
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:13 am
    Monologue | Monday night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on NBC: Did everybody watch the Super Bowl? Everybody's happy for New Orleans. In fact, FEMA announced plans to congratulate them in about two weeks.
  • Submit Your Funny Caption

    By TOM KUNTZ
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am
    Bar-Focals | Tell us what's going on in the picture. It's the latest of the uncaptioned images we're posting each Monday. For your caption to be considered, follow the guidelines.
  • '28 Pieces of Luggage'

    By TOM KUNTZ
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:26 am
    Your Jokes | "Days of Our Lives" star Frances Reid has died at age 95 after being on the soap opera for 40 years. She is survived by seven ex-husbands, six illegitimate children and an evil twin. -- Jim Barach, Charleston, W. Va.
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    NYT: You're the Boss
  • Would You Pay $895,000 for This Business?

    By BARBARA TAYLOR
    9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am
    A specialty manufacturer with seven full-time employees and profits right through the recession.
  • Can't Employees and Bosses Get Along?

    By JAY GOLTZ
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm
    If you are a business owner and you complain about your employees, you should consider whether you are doing something wrong -- or not doing something right.
  • Medical Technology Dominates at the Olin Cup

    By LORA KOLODNY
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:30 pm
    Quartzy, an eBay for academic research labs, takes the top prize.
  • A Perfect Day to Name a Fish Restaurant

    By BRUCE BUSCHEL
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am
    Below is a list of 20 candidates, each with a brief explanation of why we're considering it. My friends enjoy playing this name game, and you might, too.
  • Back to the Grindstone

    By JENNIFER WALZER
    4 Feb 2010 | 2:11 pm
    I came back from my trip with a ton of energy, a great tan many wonderful memories -- and some unexpected realizations about my role as chief executive.
 
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    NYT: Timothy Egan - Outposts
  • Grifters' Tale

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    3 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Sarah Palin wants to get in front of the same parade John Edwards wanted to lead, and the resemblance doesn't end there.
  • A Jolt of Common Sense

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    27 Jan 2010 | 8:17 pm
    A State of the Union address during which the fog of nonsense-politics lifted.
  • iCountry News

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    27 Jan 2010 | 3:18 pm
    The iPad might save, or doom, book publishing.
  • Time to Cowboy Up

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    20 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm
    Following their Massachusetts debacle, will Democrats learn something from the Red Sox - or "just lay there and bleed," as the old t-shirt had it?
  • Arnold's Last Yodel

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    13 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Can California be saved, and can a beleaguered governor in his final year in office help?
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    NYT: Allison Arieff - By Design
  • Space: It's Still a Frontier

    By ALLISON ARIEFF
    3 Feb 2010 | 3:45 pm
    The proliferation of empty space presents an opportunity to re-think urban infrastructure.
  • A Breath of Fresh Air for Health Care

    By ALLISON ARIEFF
    13 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm
    Solutions to health care's design problems.
  • Not New, But Improved

    By ALLISON ARIEFF
    1 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pm
    A big step forward in product design simply involves using better materials.
  • Pavement to Parks

    By ALLISON ARIEFF
    22 Sep 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Cities are trying innovative new approaches to turning empty space into park space.
  • Competing for a Cause

    By ALLISON ARIEFF
    10 Sep 2009 | 6:30 pm
    At the intersection of design and education, an opportunity to improve school facilities through competitions and the involvement of students.
 
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    NYT: The Conversation
  • How Safe Is Safe Enough?

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    3 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am
    When it comes to trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Lower Manhattan, dictating policy through security demands doesn't seem to be the right answer.
  • What Obama Should Say Tonight

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    27 Jan 2010 | 10:26 am
    Should the president outline a shift in policy in his State of the Union speech, or should he stay the course?
  • What the Results in Massachusetts Mean

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    20 Jan 2010 | 9:07 am
    Gail Collins wants the health care bill passed now; David Brooks thinks it's time for Democrats to show some humility.
  • America vs. Europe

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    13 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pm
    Which model of capitalism is better?
  • New Year's Resolutions

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    7 Jan 2010 | 9:47 am
    Why Gail Collins is willing to back nuclear power and David Brooks will support a cap on carbon emissions.
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    NYT: Schott's Vocab
  • Splinternet

    By BEN SCHOTT
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am
    A fragmented Internet - the consequence of proprietary hardware and software, private networks, and content gated behind logins. [Spl(inter)+Internet]
  • The Tiger Recession

    By BEN SCHOTT
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am
    The potential economic consequence of Tiger Woods' withdrawal from professional golf.
  • All-Day Pajama Syndrome

    By BEN SCHOTT
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am
    Dubiously scientific name for the trend of wearing pajamas all day long, and in public.
  • Rest In Prose

    By BEN SCHOTT
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:06 am
    This weekend, in a bid for immortality, co-vocabularists have generously shared the last words they would like to have attributed to them.
  • Weekend Competition: Famous Last Words

    By BEN SCHOTT
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am
    The last words of the famous tend often to be suspiciously witty, elegiac or pithy. This weekend, co-vocabularists are offered the chance to pre-record their final words, on the off-chance that they die bereft of a good one-liner, or without the benefit of a competent stenographer.
 
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    NYT: Talk Show - Dick Cavett Speaks Again
  • Oh, What a Lovely Mess!

    By DICK CAVETT
    5 Feb 2010 | 4:01 pm
    NBC's recent adventures in talk-show-host management remind one former talk-show host of his own adventures in prime time with another network.
  • Awesome, and Then Some

    By DICK CAVETT
    22 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    An on-set encounter with John Wayne revealed an unexpected side of the actor.
  • Why, I Oughta . . . and I Did

    By DICK CAVETT
    8 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    It took a local television host to bring a (professionally) even-tempered first-time author to the boiling point.
  • Almost Nothing About Tiger Woods

    By DICK CAVETT
    18 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm
    Fame can sometimes be a burden (ask Tiger Woods), and even as patient a soul as Jack Benny had his limits.
  • The Ghost Ship 'W.W.'

    By DICK CAVETT
    4 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm
    The far side of fame, as witnessed in a late-in-life Walter Winchell anecdote.
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    NYT: Freakonomics
  • In Relationships, Are Men in the Driver's Seat?

    By ERIC A. MORRIS
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am
    In the past, I've written on matters of high import for the future of our republic, and on literal questions of life and death. But clearly, nothing excites the Freakonomics readership more than the issue of why men tend to do the driving when a couple is in the car. The Times's server nearly melted down as more than 400 of you posted responses to my article on the subject.
  • Freakonomics Radio: What Keeps Glenn Beck Up at Night?

    By STEPHEN J. DUBNER
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:15 am
    A few weeks back, I was a guest on Glenn Beck's radio show. Something interesting happened before we went on the air. He noticed the book I was carrying - Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines, by the Berkeley physicist Richard A. Muller - and asked me about it. I endorsed it rather enthusiastically. He said it sounded like a book he'd like to read, so I went ahead and gave him my copy (and, yes, Dr. Muller, ordered another one for myself).
  • Plan Colombia: A $5 Billion Failure?

    By FREAKONOMICS
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am
    The U.S. has spent more than $5 billion on military and anti-narcotics aid for Colombia in recent years. In a new article for Slate, Ray Fisman points to a new paper that analyzes conflict and coca production in areas with and without Army bases to determine the impact of all that aid.
  • Freakonomics Radio, Super Bowl Edition: What Happens to Your Head, Inside the Helmet, After a Nasty Hit?

    By STEPHEN J. DUBNER
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am
    As mentioned yesterday, we are launching a podcast, Freakonomics Radio. In the first episode (subscribe at iTunes; or listen now in the player at right), we ask the question "What Do NASCAR Drivers, Glenn Beck, and the Hitmen of the NFL Have in Common?"
  • "Better Biz" at the Whistle Stop Bakery

    By IAN AYRES
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm
    WSHU, a public radio station in Connecticut, is running a six-part "Better Biz" series, where Barry Nalebuff and I react to the challenges of specific businesses.
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    NYT: Stanley Fish - Think Again
  • How the First Amendment Works

    By STANLEY FISH
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm
    A followup column on the First Amendment and the recent Supreme Court decision, with a discussion of readers' comments.
  • What Is the First Amendment For?

    By STANLEY FISH
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Two ways of looking at the First Amendment, as illuminated by the recent Supreme Court ruling.
  • Showtime

    By STANLEY FISH
    27 Jan 2010 | 9:14 pm
    This time, the president not only soared but got specific.
  • Science and Religion, Lives and Rocks

    By STANLEY FISH
    25 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Guest columnist Barbara Herrnstein Smith, author of a new book on science and religion, responds to last week's Stanley Fish column on her book and to readers' reactions to that column.
  • Must There Be a Bottom Line?

    By STANLEY FISH
    18 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    A new book argues that science and religion should not be seen as absolute opponents in a cosmic epistemological struggle.
 
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    NYT: Olivia Judson - The Wild Side
  • Fearless

    By OLIVIA JUDSON
    2 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm
    How did the animals of the Galápagos get so tame and fearless?
  • 19 Jan 2010 | 2:25 pm

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Jan 2010 | 2:25 pm
    Olivia Judson is away this week.
  • 13 Jan 2010 | 5:12 am

    By THE EDITORS
    13 Jan 2010 | 5:12 am
    Olivia Judson is away this week.
  • A Tale of Two Flagella

    By OLIVIA JUDSON
    5 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm
    Dinoflagellates are eccentric and weird organisms, creating both coral reefs and nerve poison.
  • Memories in Nature

    By OLIVIA JUDSON
    29 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm
    A year-end reflection on the memory found in nature, from the immune system to animals to plants.
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