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Most E-mailed news on 23 August 2009 |
Your Money: Maybe It?s Time to Change Credit Cards
Credit cards are raising rates and fees as new federal rules take effect. But if your credit is good, you can always switch card issuers.
Blazing New Trails in Native American Lands
A new generation of Native American entrepreneurs is bringing an updated sensibility to tribal tourism.
Op-Ed Contributors: A Public Option That Works
San Francisco put an ambitious health care plan into effect last year, and the early results are in.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Obamas Leave Town
Even on vacation with Michelle and the girls, President Obama is probably getting no end of helpful suggestions on what to do about health care.
Op-Ed Columnist: Voices of Anxiety
President Obama may be sanguine, but the same cannot be said of the general public, including some of his most ardent supporters.
The Women?s Crusade
shown with her daughter Javaria (seated), lives near Lahore, Pakistan. She was routinely beaten by her husband until she started a successful embroidery business.The liberation of women could help solve many of the world?s problems, from poverty to child mortality to terrorism.
Basics: Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop
Chronic stress changes the brain, but relaxation can change it back.
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought, particularly for fetuses.
By Degrees: In Brazil, Paying Farmers to Let the Trees Stand
In an effort to prevent farmers from cutting down rain forest, environmental groups are offering money.
Lutheran Group Eases Limits on Gay Clergy
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America voted to allow noncelibate homosexuals to serve as clergy.
Op-Ed Contributor: Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
Babies and young children are designed to explore, and they should be encouraged to do so. Children learn more through natural interaction with a parent and play than with any toy.
Buying and Selling in Bedbug City
Infestations keep Gil Bloom hopping at the Standard Extermination Company in Queens.The pests can make mincemeat of a done deal. No ZIP code is spared. If the infestation is severe, it may be best to head for the hills.
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama?s Trust Problem
There?s a growing sense among progressives that they have been duped by President Obama. And that?s why the mixed signals on the public option created such an uproar.
Op-Ed Columnist: Masters and Slaves of Deception
President Obama should have treated health care reform the same way he treated the stimulus package ? by personally helping to shape it and push it through from the start.
Essay: Where?s the Rulebook for Sex Verification?
I.A.A.F. officials need rules that deal with the complexities of sex typing if they hope to prevent a repeat of the situation facing Caster Semenya.
36 Hours in Oslo
With tree-lined promenades and sidewalk cafes, the charms of a summer stroll in this pricey city will melt away the sticker shock.
Generation B: When You?re Your Mother?s Keeper
Suzanne and Peter Cooper with their son, Griffin, hugging his grandmother, Irma Stitz. The less Mrs. Stitz will do, the less the Cooper family can do.A daughter reflects on the demands of caring for her mother, and the effects it has on her son.
World Bankers Suggest Rebound May Have Begun
Central bankers from around the world are starting to focus on how to unwind the policies they used to fight the global financial crisis.
In California Forests, Marijuana Growers Thrive
Long a fixture of public lands, marijuana ?grows? are increasing in California.
The Faces in the South Bronx Rubble
Thirty years ago, a Bronx native returned home and photographed the ruins of his borough. As he revisits his pictures, he sees much more than the notorious rubble.
Months to Live: At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort
Palliative care specialists, doctors who manage patients? last months, study how to deliver a grim prognosis.
Op-Ed Contributor: Happily a State, Forever an Island
Hawaii became the 50th state 50 years ago today. Has it moved any closer to the mainland?
Meet, Pay, Love
An eye-opening, occasionally astonishing, brutally honest and frequently funny collection of prose and poetry by all kinds of sex workers.
Dance: Just Try to Pass by Without Being Stunned
Wednesday?s memorable Downtown Dance Festival program featured performers in full Indian attire, moving apparently every muscle from head to toe.
Editorial: If Switzerland Can ...
If Switzerland lives up to its commitment to provide the names on secret accounts, it may well be a watershed: the beginning of the end of international tax cheating.
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