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David Brooks, "The Neural Buddhists" - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:21 GMT

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Blogging at a Snail’s Pace - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:32:12 GMT

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Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:08:17 GMT

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Woman Who Posed as Boy Testifies in Case That Ended in Suicide of 13-Year-Old - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:12 GMT

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Premier of Iraq Is Quietly Firing Fraud Monitors - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:11 GMT

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The Media Equation - How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:43 GMT

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Editorial - Sonar Over Whales - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:44 GMT

The supreme court rules against ocean mammals Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F11%2F15%2Fopinion%2F15sat3.html%3Fref%3Dopinion
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Well - A Call for Caution in the Rush to Statins - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:44 GMT

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Recipes for Health - Risotto With Beet Greens and Roasted Beets - Recipe - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:50 GMT

I'm going to have to try this out...
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Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flus Spread - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:10 GMT

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Oil Prices Drop to 20-Month Low - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:10 GMT

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The Media Equation - How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:44 GMT

While many people think that President-elect Obama is a gift to the Democratic Party, he could actually hasten its demise. Political parties supply brand, ground troops, money and relationships, all things that Mr. Obama already owns.
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This Is Your Life (and How You Tell It) - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:44 GMT

The way people replay and recast memories, day by day, deepens and reshapes their larger life story. And as it evolves, that larger story in turn colors the interpretation of the scenes.
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Op-Ed Contributor - The Climate for Change - NYTimes.com

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:48:00 GMT

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Editorial - So Little Time, So Much Damage - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:48 GMT

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Editorial - So Little Time, So Much Damage - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:48 GMT

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Attack of the Zombie Computers Is Growing Threat - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:09 GMT

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Phys Ed - Stretching - The Truth - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:22:15 GMT

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ELECTION DAY 08 - What One Word Describes Your Current State of Mind? - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:21:41 GMT

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For Kosher Emergencies, Manna From a Machine - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:48 GMT

The NYT profiles the Kosher Vending Industries, Inc. "Hot Nosh 24/6" line. Remarkable.
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Phys Ed - Stretching - The Truth - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:21:41 GMT

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Phys Ed - Stretching - The Truth - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:22:14 GMT

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The Way We Eat: Dream Machine - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:36:16 GMT

The Thermomix takes on the blender, the mixer, the food processor, even the stove. But just try getting one.
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Exxon’s Profit Jumped to a Record in Quarter - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:32 GMT

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Rumor’s Reasons - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:42 GMT

Because digital technology fosters social networks that are both closely knit and far-flung, rumors are now free to travel widely within certain groups before they meet any opposition from the truth.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Nicholas Kristof, "The Endorsement From Hell (op-ed)," New York Times (Oct. 25, 2008), on al-Qaeda's "endorsement" of McCain

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:46 GMT

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Laurie Goodstein, "YouTube Videos Draw Attention to Palin’s Faith," New York Times (Oct. 24, 2008)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:47 GMT

A reasonably accurate, fair-minded profile by NYT religion-beat regular Goodstein about Sarah Palin's "spiritual warfare" and "prayer warrior" background.
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Nicholas Kristof, "Can This Be Pro-Life? (op-ed)," New York Times (Oct. 8, 2008) - on the Bush administration's defunding of African family-planning clinics

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:46 GMT

Kristof is outraged that the Bush administration has undercut the efforts of the Marie Stopes International aid group to provide contraception to poor women in rural Africa, pointing out that since this population suffers a 1-in-10 risk of dying in childb
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New York Times Endorsements Through the Ages - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:08:17 GMT

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Under Pressure - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:36:15 GMT

Cryovacking, which is more often called sous vide (French for ''under vacuum''), is poised to change the way restaurant chefs cook -- and like the Wolf stove and the immersion blender, it will probably trickle down to the home kitchen someday.
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In Fine Print, a Proliferation of Large Donors - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:40 GMT

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The Ebb and Flow of Movies - Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008 - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:31:59 GMT

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Acclaimed Colombian Institution Has 4,800 Books and 10 Legs - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:46 GMT

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The Reckoning - Building Flawed American Dreams - Series - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:07 GMT

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F.B.I. Struggles to Handle Financial Fraud Cases - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:07 GMT

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Poll Says McCain Hurts His Bid by Using Attacks - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:39 GMT

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Poll Says McCain Is Hurting His Bid by Using Attacks - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:06 GMT

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The Man Behind the Whispers About Obama - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:38 GMT

an article about one anti-Obama crack head, a long time crazy man.
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Mark Oppenheimer, "Knowing Not [review of Prothero, Religious Literacy]," NYT Book Review (June 10, 2007)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:44 GMT

Interesting, mostly positive, but critical review. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F06%2F10%2Fbooks%2Freview%2FOppenheimer-t.html%3F_r%3D2%26em%26ex%3D1181707200%26en%3D9c928a0ab3abb00f%26ei%3D5087%250A%26oref%3Dslogin%26oref%3Dslogin
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Novelties - Lines and Bubbles and Bars, Oh My! New Ways to Sift Data - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:39 GMT

Presenting results in a static spreadsheet or table may do the job. “But sometimes it’s like driving with your eyes closed,” he said. “With visualization, it might be possible to open your eyes and see something that will help you” — for instance, patterns, clusters, gaps or outliers in the data.
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Hope Can Be Worse Than Hopelessness - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:40 GMT

“If your condition is temporary,” Ubel explains, “you’re thinking, I can’t wait until I get rid of this.” Ubel says thoughts like these keep you from moving on with your life and focusing on the many good things that remain.
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Ambiguity Promotes Liking - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:40 GMT

It seems we are inclined to interpret ambiguous information about someone optimistically, assuming we will get along. We are usually let down, however, when we learn more.
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Video Game Review - Warhammer Online - Age of Reckoning - Warhammer Online - Age of Reckoning, a Fantasy Universe Raising Its Broadsword against World of Warcraft - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:40 GMT

Sounds pretty good. As a former Warhammer fan I am having a hard time not jumping into this. I am not sure I have the time or interest to make it worth while though.
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Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:37 GMT

Finally.
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Panel Finds Palin Abused Authority in Firing State Official - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:04 GMT

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Political Science - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:39 GMT

For Marburger, what is at stake is less complicated and less political. He insists that the ''science wars'' are illusory and that the Bush administration's stewardship of science is both defensible and in keeping with the ideal of scientific progress.
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The New York Times > Science > The Environment: NASA Expert Criticizes Bush on Global Warming Policy

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:39 GMT

Many academic scientists, including dozens of Nobel laureates, have been criticizing the administration over its handling of climate change and other complex scientific issues. But Dr. Hansen, first in an interview with The New York Times a week ago and again in his planned lecture today, is the only leading scientist to speak out so publicly while still in the employ of the government.
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The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:02 GMT

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Falling Oil Price Is a Positive Note Amid Turmoil - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:01 GMT

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Your Money - First Step to Saving - Track Your Spending Online - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:00 GMT

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Google and T-Mobile Introduce Phone With PC Features - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:35 GMT

"...both high-speed 3G networks and older cellular networks, also has Wi-Fi access, GPS navigation..."
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9 Killed in Finnish School Shooting - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:35 GMT

Saddening.
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The College Issue - Case Study - Barack Obama - Good Teacher? Good President? - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:34 GMT

An excellent article profiling Obama.
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the McCain campaign

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:34 GMT

After publicly accusing Obama of being in the pocket of the mortgage industry (based largely on the claim that Raines was an Obama adviser, which has since proven to have no basis in fact), it turns out that McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, headed an astroturfing organization financed entirely by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. You know what they say about glass houses.
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Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:39 GMT

On the changing strategies used by conservative groups to increase their influence on curricular choices in U.S. higher education.
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Television Review - 'The Rachel Zoe Project' - A Celebrity Stylist on Bravo, Devoted to Making Idleness Look Chic - Review - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:03:37 GMT

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An Extravaganza in the Mountains - The New York Times > Dance > Slide Show > Slide 11 of 11

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:03:34 GMT

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Arts, Briefly - A New Look for Moscow Art Scene - Brief - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:03:34 GMT

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Alfred Kubin at the Neue Galerie - The New York Times > Arts > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 7

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:03:34 GMT

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Art - John Ashbery, a Collagist in Words and Pictures, at Tibor de Nagy Gallery - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:03:34 GMT

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Firefox and the Anxiety of Growing Pains - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:36:11 GMT

Chris in The Times.
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Facebook to Turn Users Into Endorsers - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:36:01 GMT

"Facebook wants to turn every member into a spokesman for its advertisers." Of course it does!
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Blessed Silence Is the Newest Amenity - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:36:01 GMT

Being a light sleeper, this is my #1 complaint about hotel rooms.
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Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:59 GMT

Faced with its second mass protest by members in its short life span, Facebook, the enormously popular social networking Web site, is reining in some aspects of a controversial new advertising program.
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At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:52 GMT

"Withits brass-trimmed halogen heating elements, glass globes and bamboo paddles, the new contraption that is to begin making coffee this week at the Blue Bottle Café here looks like a machine from a Jules Verne novel, a 19th-century vision of the future."
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A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:50 GMT

Scary stuff: "It turned out, though, that Mr. Marshall’s Web sites had been put on a Treasury Department blacklist and, as a consequence, his American domain name registrar, eNom Inc., had disabled them. Mr. Marshall said eNom told him it did so after a call from the Treasury Department; the company, based in Bellevue, Wash., says it learned that the sites were on the blacklist through a blog."
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Malwebolence - The World of Web Trolling - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:45 GMT

A growing subculture has a fluid morality and a disdain for pretty much everyone else online.
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Iced Storm - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:46 GMT

New Orleans iced coffee makes a jar head out of Oliver Schwaner-Albright.
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Mozzarella Bar Opening in Midtown Manhattan - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:35:44 GMT

The latest installment of Obikà, which opened its first mozzarella bar in Rome four years ago, is set to open in the sculpture garden of 590 Madison Avenue.
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State of the Art - A New Zune for Serious Music Fans - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:02:56 GMT

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Peter Steinfels, "The Audacity of Claiming the Last Word on This Word," New York Times (Sept. 13, 2008) - on the media's use of word "orthodoxy"

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:26 GMT

Interesting short piece.
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New Bar Codes Can Talk With Your Cellphone - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:37 GMT

Not new, but a good article nonetheless.
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Only 8% of Guantánamo detainees alleged to be al-Qaeda...

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:28 GMT

... and 55% are "not alleged to have engaged in any hostile act" against the US. 95% were turned in by bounty hunters seeking rewards, not captured on the battlefield. How is this justifiable?
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Since when is it elitist to be well-informed?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:26 GMT

This is Susan Jacoby's column from May 2008, already widely discussed. I hadn't seen it until now.
Submited by nbr 03, December 2008

Pre-RNC raids: so who hates freedom now?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:24 GMT

Doesn't look like any evidence has been uncovered thus far of intent to commit anything beyond non-violent protests. Kind of an unnerving story if you ask me, but, hey, it's a post-9/11 world, and the cops are just trying to keep us all safe, right? (It's funny, when I was a kid growing up in the eighties, there used to be after-school specials about how this kind of thing happened in apartheid South Africa.)
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Clive Thompson, "Brave New World of Digital Intimacy," The New York Times Magazine (Sept. 7, 2008), p. MM2

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:31 GMT

On the idea of "ambient intimacy." Lots of discussion of Twitter and Facebook. Thoughtful and interesting. Not finished yet. Too long for my Twitter-addled attention span. Permalink: http://snipr.com/3nj2z
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Paul Krugman, "Blizzard of Lies," New York Times (Sept. 11, 2008) - commentary on the McCain-Palin campaign's tactics

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:27 GMT

Permalink: http://snipr.com/3puux
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Peter Steinfels, "The Audacity of Claiming the Last Word on This Word," New York Times (Sept. 13, 2008) - on the media's use of word "orthodoxy"

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:26 GMT

Interesting short piece. Permalink: http://snipr.com/3qo0g
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I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop. - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:07:46 GMT

As image-editing software grows in sophistication and ubiquity, alterations go far beyond removing red-eye and whitening teeth.
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Magazine Preview - Post-Race - Is Obama the End of Black Politics? - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:23 GMT

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Russia Threatens Retaliation After Georgia Says It Fired on Planes - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:22 GMT

Worrisome signs of escalating conflict over South Ossetia after reports that Georgian bombing raids caused Russian casualties; Russian bombers allegedly have retaliated with attacks on Georgian territory.
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Magazine Preview - Post-Race - Is Obama the End of Black Politics? - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:12 GMT

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How about a little sewage in your water glass?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:11 GMT

Orange County has just set up a system which allows wastewater to be filtered, purified, and then re-injected back into the local aquifer. Permalink: http://snipr.com/3e8gj
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Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:10:56 GMT

With a little imagination and some swift moves, you can turn any dish on this list into a meal that not only will be better than takeout, but won’t heat you out of the house.
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At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:36 GMT

The four-year-old site is decidedly antisocial: only last fall, after what executives describe as a year of intense debate, did the company ask members to add photos to their profiles.
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British Film on Global Warming Draws Rebuke - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:35 GMT

A controversial British documentary called “The Great Global Warming Swindle” unfairly portrays several scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Britain’s television watchdog agency ruled on Monday.
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Appealing to Bloggers’ Influence, Gore Asks for Help in Promoting Energy Challenge - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:35 GMT

The best use of his talent and experience, he said, is “to focus on trying to enlarge the political space” within which politicians can address the climate crisis.
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New Interest in Vertical Farms for Urban Areas - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:34 GMT

Despite its potential problems, the idea of bringing food closer to the city is gaining traction among pragmatists and dreamers alike.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Bob Herbert - Madness and Shame - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:21 GMT

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Lure of Big Paycheck Tugs at Graduates Considering Public Service - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:33 GMT

A prominent education professor at Harvard has begun leading “reflection” seminars at three highly selective colleges, which he hopes will push undergraduates to think more deeply about the connection between their educations and aspirations.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Unboxed - If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:28 GMT

People with a growth mind-set tend to demonstrate the kind of perseverance and resilience required to convert life’s setbacks into future successes.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Trying to Build a Greener Britain, Home by Home - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:27 GMT

In an era when movie stars build $5 million eco-mansions, families here have made their old Victorian houses eco-friendly, too.
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Do Angry Clinton Women Love McCain? - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:37:06 GMT

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More on the future of Iraq's oil

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:06 GMT

In case you missed this bit from last month (I did), a number of no-bid contracts have been put in place to bring US oil giants (plus BP and Total) back to Iraq as "service" operators. And -- surprise -- they get to be paid in oil, not cash.
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As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:19 GMT

Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F07%2F06%2Ftechnology%2F06outage.html%3F_r%3D2%26oref%3Dslogin%26oref%3Dslogin
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Nicholas Kristof calls for a U.S. Truth and Reconciliation commission

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:11:06 GMT

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Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:19 GMT

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The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:18 GMT

On the connection between the incidence of suicide and the availability of the means of suicide.
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Preoccupations - I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:24 GMT

Some great advice for an e-mail centric world. I really like this approach. Has some interesting KM implications. What better way to start conversations than to get out of the redundant strings of e-mail.
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Not so fast, solar energy

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:05:40 GMT

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The Mundaneum Museum Honors the First Concept of the World Wide Web - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:07:41 GMT

The Mundaneum Museum honors the first concept of a world wide wonder, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of “electric telescopes.”
Submited by gahlord 03, December 2008

The Era of Green Noise - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:25 GMT

Some environmentalists fear that the public might begin to ignore their message before any meaningful change can be accomplished. For them, it’s a time to reassess strategies and streamline their campaigns before it’s too late.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Minimalist - The Minimalist - Putting Meat in Its Place - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:21 GMT

We have been talking about decreasing meat, and increasing veggies in its place at our dinner table. Some interesting thoughts on the subject here.
Submited by seanabrady 04, December 2008

When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:25 GMT

A new style of “hybrid” technology organization is emerging that is trying to define a path between the nonprofit world and traditional for-profit ventures.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

What's Online - Keep It Short, Make It Instant - messaging less disrupive than email

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:03:04 GMT

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Thomas Hart Benton - Painting to Sound the Alarm in the Wake of Pearl Harbor

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:16 GMT

Clipping this mainly for the great slideshow of hard-to-find Benton images from the months following the US entry into WWII.
Submited by nbr 03, December 2008

TiVo Service Will Deliver Selections of TV Critic - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:07:53 GMT

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On Carbon, Tax and Don’t Spend - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:20 GMT

if we want to reduce carbon emissions, then we should follow Denmark’s example: tax the industrial emission of carbon and return the revenue to industry through subsidies for research and investment.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Study Finds Big Social Factor in Quitting Smoking - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:18 GMT

People may help many more than just themselves by quitting: quitting can have a ripple effect prompting an entire social network to break the habit.
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At One University, Tobacco Money Is a Secret - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:18 GMT

the contract, a copy of which The New York Times obtained under the Virginia Freedom of Information law, is highly unusual and raises questions about how far universities will go in search of scarce research dollars to enhance their standing.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Eating Junk Food May Help Stressed-Out Monkeys Cope - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:16 GMT

Once these foods were available, the low-status monkeys promptly developed an appetite. They began eating significantly more calories than their social superiors.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

How Are Humans Unique? - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:16 GMT

Two young children pretending together that a stick is a horse have thus taken their first step on the road not just to Oz but also toward inhabiting human institutional reality.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Mindfulness Meditation, Based on Buddha’s Teachings, Gains Ground With Therapists - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:15 GMT

Since mindfulness meditation may have different effects on different mental struggles, the challenge for its proponents will be to specify where it is most effective — and soon, given how popular the practice is becoming.
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Books - The New York Times Book Review

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:25:20 GMT

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Op-Ed Columnist - Cult of Deception - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:25 GMT

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Dumb as We Wanna Be - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:24 GMT

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Memory Loss - Aging - Alzheimer's Disease - Aging Brains Take In More Information, Studies Show - Health - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:23 GMT

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A Stroke Leads a Brain Scientist to a New Spirituality - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:11:23 GMT

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Art Review - At the Kabul Museum, Silent Survivors of Afghanistan’s 4,000 Tumultuous Years - Review - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:16 GMT

Submited by nbr 03, December 2008

Want to Be My Boyfriend? Please Define - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:15:15 GMT

This is truly depressing. Reminds me of Fear of Flying, except without the fun stuff and the sense of humor.
Submited by nbr 03, December 2008

Art Review - At the Kabul Museum, Silent Survivors of Afghanistan’s 4,000 Tumultuous Years - Review - NYTimes.com

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:10:58 GMT

Submited by nbr 03, December 2008

Phoenix Lander "Talks" to Twitterers

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:07:48 GMT

Article about how NASA's News Service Manager has been using Twitter to answer questions about the Phoenix Lander.
Submited by btocher 04, December 2008

Filming ‘The Road’ - At the End of the World, Honing the Father-Son Dynamic - NYTimes.com

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:52:45 GMT

Submited by Eric 04, December 2008

Gen.Vang Pao's Last War - Communism in Southeast Asia - Hmong People - Laos - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:52:45 GMT

Submited by Eric 04, December 2008

Op-Ed Columnist - Truth or Consequences - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:00:22 GMT

What would a mythical, truth-telling presidential candidate say about the best energy policy for America?
Submited by msandler 28, May 2008

The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds - NYTimes.com

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:59:20 GMT

A small red berry called miracle fruit temporarily rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.
Submited by msandler 28, May 2008

Diet soda is not good for you

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:04:41 GMT

Soda in general is not good for you.
Submited by deusdiabolus 04, December 2008

The Slow Life Picks Up Speed - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:13 GMT

“The time is now ripe for trying to formalize this slow revolution,” Mr. Berthelsen, the founder of the World Institute of Slowness, an advocacy group based in Kristiansand, Norway, said slowly last week.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Neural Buddhists - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:13 GMT

My guess is that the atheism debate is going to be a sideshow. The cognitive revolution is not going to end up undermining faith in God, it’s going to end up challenging faith in the Bible.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Kaizen, That Continuous Improvement Strategy, Finds Its Ideal Environment - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:08 GMT

Given a performance measure, be it clicks, revenue or something entirely different, a disciplined process of experimentation and evaluation can lead to rapid improvements.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:08 GMT

Brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life’s End - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:09 GMT

Slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

All of Inflation’s Little Parts - The New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:07 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:07 GMT

A growing chorus of economists, scientists and students of energy policy are saying that whatever benefits the cap approach yields, it will be too little and come too late.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Change We Can Stomach - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:05 GMT

With the price of oil at more than $120 a barrel (up from less than $30 for most of the last 50 years), small and midsize nonpolluting farms, the ones growing the healthiest and best-tasting food, are gaining a competitive advantage.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:05 GMT

Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ... - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:03 GMT

“Every time you challenge your brain it will actually modify the brain,” he said. “We can indeed form new brain cells, despite a century of being told it’s impossible.”
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Cognitive Age - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:04:03 GMT

We’re moving into a more demanding cognitive age. In order to thrive, people are compelled to become better at absorbing, processing and combining information.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain - New York Times

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:26:56 GMT

Research shows that among the youngest Internet users, the primary creators of Web content (blogs, graphics, photographs, Web sites) are not misfits resembling the Lone Gunmen of “The X Files.” On the contrary, the cyberpioneers of the moment are digi
Submited by skoch 03, December 2008

Daniel Gilbert - Happiness Researcher - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:59 GMT

People who are clinically depressed often seem to lack the ability to reframe events. That suggests that if the rest of us didn’t have this, we might be depressed as well.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

You Are What You Grow - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:53 GMT

One of these years, the eaters of America are going to demand a place at the table, and we will have the political debate over food policy we need and deserve.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Why Bother? - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:53 GMT

The Big Problem is nothing more or less than the sum total of countless little everyday choices, most of them made by us [...], and most of the rest of them made in the name of our needs and desires and preferences.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

It's a Game. No, It's an Ad. No, It's Advergame. - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:07:47 GMT

Submited by skyle 04, December 2008

En Garde! Fight Foes Using a Controller Like a Sword - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:07:12 GMT

Submited by skyle 04, December 2008

Do the Mash (Even if You Don’t Know All the Steps) - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:05:56 GMT

Submited by skyle 04, December 2008

Envisioning the Next Chapter for Electronic Books - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:05:50 GMT

Submited by skyle 04, December 2008

Company Will Monitor Phone Calls to Tailor Ads - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:05:01 GMT

Submited by skyle 04, December 2008

It's a Flat World, After All

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:42 GMT

Only 30 years ago, if you had a choice of being born a B student in Boston or a genius in Bangalore or Beijing, you probably would have chosen Boston, because a genius in Beijing or Bangalore could not really take advantage of his or her talent. They coul
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Racing Its Rivals, I.B.M. Risks Tripping Itself Up

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:41 GMT

The logic is to move up the economic ladder to more complex and more profitable tiers of the services industry, thus staying ahead of rivals offering less expensive services - Indian outsourcing companies like Infosys, for example, and Dell, which is expa
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Web Content by and for the Masses

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:32 GMT

The Internet's new phase will shift power away from old-line media and software companies while rapidly bringing about an age of computerized "augmentation" by blending the skills of tens of thousands of individuals.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Why Newspapers Are Betting on Audience Participation

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:31 GMT

But with gloomy financial forecasts and declines in circulation, some papers are starting to see participatory journalism as their hope for reconnecting with their audiences.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Profits, Not Jobs, on the Rebound in Silicon Valley

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:31 GMT

Changes in technology and business strategy are raising fundamental questions about the future of the valley, the nation's high technology heartland. In part, the change is driven by the very automation that Silicon Valley has largely made possible.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

To Reduce the Cost of Teenage Temptation, Why Not Just Raise the Price of Sin?

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:27 GMT

Teenagers, it turns out, are highly rational creatures in some ways. Budweisers and Marlboros are discretionary items, and their customers treat them as such. Gasoline consumption, by contrast, changes only marginally when the price of a gallon does.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

A Way to Cut Fuel Consumption That Everyone Likes, Except the Politicians

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:16 GMT

Current gasoline prices are far too low, because they fail to reflect the environmental and foreign policy costs associated with gasoline consumption.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:13 GMT

There's a fine line between individual genius and know-it-all arrogance. [...] It's time to invent a less top-down approach to innovation, to make it everybody's business to come up with great ideas.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Finding Happiness in the Pursuit

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:11 GMT

The struggle for a certain achievement may offer a peculiar reward all its own. Although many people seem quite goal-oriented [...] maybe it's not so much having the stuff that people really enjoy, but the struggle to obtain it.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Scan This Book!

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:10 GMT

Soon a book outside the library will be like a Web page outside the Web, gasping for air. Indeed, the only way for books to retain their waning authority in our culture is to wire their texts into the universal library.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Opportunity Cost of Economics Education

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:07 GMT

It is that many of their professors may have only a tenuous grasp of [fundamental economic concepts], since they, too, took encyclopedic introductory courses, followed by advanced courses that were even more technical.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

What Baseball Can Teach Those Who Dream of Creating the Next Silicon Valley

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:02 GMT

trying to make some town into the next Silicon Valley by attracting the best scientists is rather like trying to start a new baseball team and turn it into the New York Yankees.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:34 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

A Gift That Gives Right Back? The Giving Itself - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:34 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:32 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:17 GMT

If Americans were to reduce meat consumption by just 20 percent it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:15 GMT

The secret of Malawi’s success: heavy subsidies for fertilizer, farmers say. The World Bank had pressed for their elimination
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:15 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

What's Your Consumption Factor?

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:15 GMT

The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:16 GMT

From India to Indiana, shortages and soaring prices for palm oil, soybean oil and many other types of vegetable oils are the latest, most striking example of a developing global problem: costly food.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Weed It and Reap

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:14 GMT

We would not need all these nutrition programs if the commodity title didn’t do such a good job making junk food and fast food so ubiquitous and cheap.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Just Thinking About Money Can Turn the Mind Stingy - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:11 GMT

Subconscious reminders of money prompted people to become more independent in their work, less likely to seek help from others or to provide it. They became reluctant to volunteer their time and stingy when asked to donate to a worthy cause.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:11 GMT

Human morality would be impossible without certain emotional building blocks that are clearly at work in chimp and monkey societies.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Political Animals (Yes, Animals)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:13 GMT

Researchers who study highly gregarious and relatively brainy species have lately uncovered evidence that the creatures engage in extraordinarily sophisticated forms of politicking, often across large and far-flung social networks.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:11 GMT

We’re showing that paying taxes does produce a neural reward. But we’re showing that the neural reward is even higher when you have voluntary giving.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

How to Stop the Downturn

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:09 GMT

The country needs a stimulus, but anything we do will add to our soaring deficit, so it is important to get as much bang for the buck as possible.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Netherlands, the New Tax Shelter Hot Spot - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:09 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Great Firewall of China Faces Online Rebels - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:08 GMT

[Resistance ranges from] lawsuits by Internet users against government-owned service providers, claiming that the blocking of sites is illegal, to a growing network of software writers who develop code aimed at overcoming the restrictions.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Waving Goodbye to Hegemony

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:08 GMT

distribution of power in the world has fundamentally altered over the two presidential terms of George W. Bush, both because of his policies and, more significant, despite them.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

China's Legal System - Rule by Law - A Series - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:07 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:05 GMT

Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

When Self-Interest Isn't Everything

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:05 GMT

While homo economicus may be unresponsive to calls for sacrifice for the common good, the plain fact is that many people find such calls compelling.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Happiness 101

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:02 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

To Charge Up Customers, Put Customers in Charge - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:02 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

How to Improve It? Ask Those Who Use It - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:02 GMT

Mr. von Hippel, who has spent 30 years waiting for his ideas to take hold, says that as user communities like the Instructables spread, they will dominate innovation. He calls them "the dark matter of innovation."
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Preparing for Nature's Attack - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:02:00 GMT

We can agree to disagree on the causes of climate change. What we all must agree on, though, is that it poses a risk — one for which we are woefully unprepared.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

When God and the Law Don't Square

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:58 GMT

A PRETTY good way to generate an outcry, as the archbishop of Canterbury learned in Britain recently, is to say that a Western legal system should make room for Shariah, or Islamic law.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Philip G. Zimbardo - Finding Hope in Knowing the Universal Capacity for Evil - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:59 GMT

There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If you’re not aware that this can happen, you can be seduced by evil.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:56 GMT

“the empire of infotainment doesn’t stop at the American border,” she said, yet students in many other countries consistently outperform American students in science, math and reading on comparative tests.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:56 GMT

The impact, given the university’s prestige, could be significant for the open-access movement, which seeks to make scientific and scholarly research available to as many people as possible at no cost.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Taking play seriously - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:56 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Scientists Would Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Gasoline - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:54 GMT

Providing the energy to produce gasoline on a commercial scale — say, 750,000 gallons a day — would require a dedicated power plant, preferably a nuclear one, the scientists say.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Moral Instinct - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:51 GMT

Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

China’s Green Energy Gap - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:48 GMT

CLP’s differing energy choices are a case study in how one company grapples with the need to provide electricity to hundreds of millions of impoverished Asians even as it is under a self-imposed goal of trying to limit emissions of global warming gases.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Move Over, Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:49 GMT

The United States recently overtook Spain as the world’s second-largest wind power market, after Germany, with $9 billion invested last year.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

For EcoMoms, Saving Earth Begins at Home

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:47 GMT

Members of the EcoMom Alliance “are fighting a values battle,” said Tim Kasser, [...] “They are surrounded by materialism trying to figure out how to create a life more oriented toward intrinsic values.”
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Poverty Is Poison

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:48 GMT

America’s failure to make progress in reducing poverty, especially among children, should provoke a lot of soul-searching. Unfortunately, what it often seems to provoke instead is great creativity in making excuses.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

When Women Rule

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:46 GMT

. The broader conundrum is that for women, but not for men, there is a tradeoff in qualities associated with top leadership. A woman can be perceived as competent or as likable, but not both.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:44 GMT

A new study of entrepreneurs in the United States suggests that dyslexia is much more common among small-business owners than even the experts had thought.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

The Least Among Us

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:43 GMT

Collier’s is a better book than either Sachs’s or Easterly’s for two reasons. First, its analysis of the causes of poverty is more convincing. Second, its remedies are more plausible.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008

Aiming to Level a Global Playing Field - New York Times

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:01:40 GMT

Two notions still animate the author. The first is that neoliberal economics vandalized the developing world. The second is that smart people in Washington and New York with the correct ideas can help set the world right.
Submited by meryn 04, December 2008