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Most E-mailed news on 2 August 2009 |
Op-Ed Columnist: Anger Has Its Place
Instead of eschewing anger in the face of continuing and deeply racist criminal justice outrages, ordinary black Americans need to channel those emotions into action that will bring change.
Op-Ed Columnist: Health Care Realities
Many Americans don?t understand that getting the government involved in health care wouldn?t be radical: the government is already deeply involved, even in private insurance.
For Annie Leibovitz, a Fuzzy Financial Picture
A dispute could cost Annie Leibovitz the control of her work.Annie Leibovitz?s extraordinary financial troubles raise some questions: How is this possible? If Annie Leibovitz can?t make it in New York, who can?
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
How American cooking became a spectator sport, and what we lost along the way.
Alabama Area Reeling in Face of Fiscal Crisis
On Saturday, two-thirds of Jefferson County employees will be laid off in an effort to stave off financial ruin.
The Saturday Profile: No Apologies From the Boss of a No-Frills Airline
Michael O?Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, believes as long as tickets are cheap and the planes are on time, passengers will endure almost any indignity.
Voices From Above Silence a Cable TV Feud
The nightly cage fight between Keith Olbermann and Bill O?Reilly stopped after complaints by network executives.
Op-Ed Columnist: Have Gun, Will Travel
In order to come to a sensible national consensus on guns, Americans on both sides of the debate, especially politicians, need to focus more on empathy and compromise.
Op-Ed Columnist: Swan Songs?
Piracy, single song downloads and now free, legal music streaming have all contributed to the breathtakingly fast dissolution of the music industry.
Straight Out of Brooklyn, the $5 Slice
There is a line out the door at Di Fara Pizza, a Brooklyn legend, as customers wait for the opportunity to pay top prices for what they say is top pizza.
Beirut, the Provincetown of the Middle East
The city has re-emerged as the party capital of the Arab world, particularly for gay and lesbian vacationers in search of a social life denied to them at home.
36 Hours in Glasgow
Like the famously inscrutable dialect of its residents, this understatedly stylish city with its shopping districts and large green spaces is worth deciphering.
High-End Retailers Offering More Discounts
As the recession drags on, luxury retailers? secret sales, once kept for the stores? best customers, have spread.
TV Contestants: Tired, Tipsy and Pushed to Brink
Grueling conditions are largely the rule for reality shows like ?Project Runway? and ?Hell?s Kitchen.?
Not Just the Wine Is Purple: Lavender Wafts Across Sonoma
For those unable to wander among the sun-soaked fields of southern France, the lavender farms in Northern California offer an aromatic alternative.
Wealth Matters: In Search of Competent (and Honest) Advisers
After the Madoff debacle, investors have become more critical of the people hired to manage their money, and rightly so.
In New York, It?s the Summer That Isn?t
With not a single 90-degree day in June or July, New York is in the midst of what could turn out to be the coolest summer on record.
Big City: Still Tasting the Sweetness of Growing Up in Half-Sours
The venerable Guss? Pickles will soon decamp for Brooklyn ? a turn that brought the founder?s daughters together to recall the old days.
Health Bill Clears Hurdle and Hints at Consensus
Landmark legislation approved by a House committee shows the beginnings of a political consensus to cover more Americans and give them new rights with insurers.
Television: Ah, That Jersey Shore: The Fish Are Really Biting
Shark Week has arrived on Discovery Channel, providing the usual feast of hapless swimmers and simulated gore.
Op-Ed Columnist: Small Beer, Big Hangover
Whites are expected to be a minority by 2042, and beer won?t cool the fury of those Americans who can?t accept the changing racial profile.
$100 Million Payday Poses Problem for Pay Czar
A $100 million question for the Treasury Department?s executive pay czar: Should Andrew J. Hall get his bonus?
Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out
Tens of thousands of workers have used up their benefits, and the numbers are expected to soar in the months to come.
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