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Most E-mailed news on 30 July 2009 |
Op-Ed Columnist: Sarah Grabs the Grievance Grab Bag From Hillary
Sarah Palin has now morphed into what the Republicans always caricatured Hillary Clinton as: preachy, screechy and angry.
Film Food, Ready for Its ?Bon Appetit?
Meryl Streep as Julia Child.The new movie ?Julie & Julia? is the latest film to feature food that is edible and even delicious ? no half-cooked turkeys colored with motor oil or ice cream carved from Crisco.
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 Contributor: Hurrying Into the Next Panic?
On top of an already dangerously influential and morally suspect financial minefield is now being added the unthinking power of the machine.
Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope
After a plunge lasting three years, houses have become cheap enough to lure buyers, raising hopes that the housing market has finally hit bottom.
A Rorschach Cheat Sheet on Wikipedia?
Psychologists and Wikipedia users are at loggerheads over whether images used for Hermann Rorschach?s inkblot test should be available online.
Brain Power: In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable
U.S. soldiers are at the center of an effort to understand how it is that some people?s brains can sense danger before others? do.
Books of The Times: Taking a Swing at Baseball?s Hall of Fame (and Infamy)
In his new book, Zev Chafets suggests that the Baseball Hall of Fame is built on a foundation of deceit.
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness
A luxury crop destined for foreigners has turned into a contentious, and sometimes violent, political issue.
Supplements for Athletes Draw Alert From F.D.A.
Consumers were told not to use body-building products that are sold as supplements but may contain steroids.
Op-Ed Contributor: Why Won?t Obama Talk to Israel?
President Obama?s silence toward Israelis undermines his case for a settlement freeze.
Elevator for Grain, Reinvented for Art
The melding of art gallery and grain elevator into what its creators call the Wassaic Project in New York may be a first in the United States.
The Curious Cook: Accused, Yes, but Probably Not a Killer
An alkaloid in green tomatoes seems to do people no harm.There?s little good evidence for that common belief that the leaves of tomato plants are poisonous.
City Aids Homeless With One-Way Tickets Home
The Bloomberg administration is saving money on shelters by buying families tickets to a place where they have relatives.
How Firms Wooed a U.S. Agency With Billions to Invest
Charles E. F. Millard, head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, is under investigation for inappropriate contacts with Wall Street firms seeking to obtain lucrative contracts.
An Author Without Borders
William T. Vollmann?s new book, about the vast, flat, arid region in the southeastern part of California, is an extreme production.
The Puppy Diaries: Chewing Toward Bethlehem
Scout has razor-sharp puppy teeth and thinks everything, from my wrists to every shoe and flip-flop in the house, is grist for those little chompers.
In Study, Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin
For truck drivers videotaped for 18 months during a study, texting was found to be the riskiest distraction.
Northeast Tomatoes Lost, and Potatoes May Follow
Keith Stewart tossing out diseased tomato plants on his farm in Orange County, N.Y. Late blight damaged his potatoes as well.Although there are no official estimates yet on crop loss, a severe outbreak of late blight fungus in tomatoes is sweeping through farms and gardens in the Northeast.
Even Google Is Blocked With Apps for iPhone
There is tension between the companies because Apple sometimes rejects Google?s applications for the App Store.
Op-Ed Contributor: First, Make No Mistakes
The Obama administration should establish an independent agency charged with identifying and eliminating the causes of medical error.
Caller Says Race Wasn?t Mentioned to Officer in Gates Case
Lucia Whalen, the 911 caller, presented a version of events that contradicts the report by Sgt. James Crowley.
Square Feet: As Prices Plummet, Condo Sales in Miami Perk Up
Lenders are taking back properties from developers in ?friendly foreclosures? and putting them on the market.
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