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Most E-mailed news on 27 July 2009 |
The Minimalist: 101 Simple Salads for the Season
Clockwise, from top left: tuna, egg, green beans (No. 56); carrots, blueberries, sunflower seeds (7); croutons, tomatoes, mozzarella (42); walnuts, blue cheese, raspberries (49); couscous, oranges, honey (95); strawberries, tomatoes, Parmesan (13).These summer salads minimize work at the stove and capitalize on the season, when great fruit and vegetables are plentiful.
Op-Ed Columnist: Bite Your Tongue
Race, class and testosterone will always be a combustible brew. Our first African-American president will try to make the peace with a professor and a cop.
Editorial: Health Care Reform and You
Though many of the crucial decisions about health care reform have yet to be made, the general direction of the legislation is clear enough to make some educated guesses about the likely winners and losers.
Corner Office | Carol Smith: No Doubts: Women Are Better Managers
Carol Smith of the Elle Group says that while women keep playing things over in their head that ?mean nothing,? they outpace men in many ways as bosses.
Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief
A smart bear regularly defeats a complex device, meant to protect campers? food, that even some people can?t open.
Op-Ed Columnist: And That?s Not the Way It Is
What matters about Walter Cronkite is that he knew when to stop being reassuring Uncle Walt and to challenge those who betrayed his audience?s trust.
Phenomenon: Love in 2-D
For some Japanese men, body-pillow girlfriends based on comic-book characters now take the place of the real thing.
Patient Money: Buying a Hearing Aid? You?ve Got a Lot to Learn
Costs and the ability to pick up sounds are just two factors to consider when shopping for a device.
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
As gains are made in artificial intelligence, scientists worry that advances could have dangerous consequences.
Op-Ed Columnist: Not a Victim, but a Hero
A Pakistani girl musters the courage to publicly fight her rapists, despite threats to her family.
Op-Ed Contributor: Obama, Gates and the American Black Man
The much-publicized incident between a professor and a cop is emblematic of precisely nothing at all. Rather, it is a made-for-cable-TV tempest in a teapot.
The Ultimate Obama Insider
Valerie Jarrett is one of the president?s most influential advisers. So what does she do, exactly?
An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death
What thousands could not achieve in three decades of relentless protest, a gunman accomplished on May 31 when he shot Dr. George R. Tiller in the head.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Losers Hang On
To the extent that the radical Islamists have any energy today, it comes not from the power of their ideas or examples of good governance, but by stoking sectarian feuds.
Hospital Savings: Salaries for Doctors, Not Fees
A move toward salaried physicians is seen as a way to help rein in medical costs, but not everyone is sold on the idea.
For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
Mozilla?s open-source Firefox browser now faces competition from a gigantic longtime partner.
Op-Ed Contributor: What You Might Not Know About the Recovery
There is no silver bullet, no single thing, that can address the many and complex needs of America?s vast economy, but the stimulus plan is making progress.
Terrible End for an Enfant Terrible
Dash Snow, left, had achieved a measure of celebrity in his 20s with artwork like the 2006 collage ?Bin Laden Youth,? right.A successful artist, provocateur and tortured scion of a famous family, Dash Snow met a junkie?s end at age 27 in a hotel room in the East Village.
36 Hours on Martha?s Vineyard
Despite its popularity among the presidential set, the island is still a laid-back place with a lot of mopeds, fish shacks and nice beaches.
Op-Ed Contributor: The Great Preventer
The decisions made by Ben Bernanke prevented the Great Recession of 2008-2009 from turning into the Great Depression 2.0.
Biking the Iron Curtain Trail
Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, bikers can follow the path of that stark symbol of the cold war as it stretches from northern Finland to the Black Sea.
Antitrust Chief Hits Resistance in Crackdown
Christine A. Varney, and some senior lawmakers, are preparing to rein in several major industries but are finding resistance from Obama administration officials.
Sudden Finale
The dancers who were recently laid off at the New York City Ballet were left questioning their identity and their future.
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