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Most E-mailed news on 13 August 2009 |
Survey Finds High Fees Common in Medical Care
A survey shows the sort of irrational pricing of medical care that is an integral part of health care problems in the U.S.
Op-Ed Columnist: Toilet-Paper Barricades
The postpartisan, postracial, post-Clinton-dysfunction world that President Obama was supposed to usher in when he hit town on his white charger, with turtle doves tweeting, has vanished.
Restaurants: A Daring Rise to the Top
Daniel Humm, the executive chef at Eleven Madison Park, with his poached lobster and roulade of prawns.Eleven Madison Park, which opened in 1998, now ranks among the most alluring and impressive restaurants in New York, raising its game to four stars.
Sixties Accuracy in Every Sip
The character Roger Sterling on ?Mad Men.?Cocktails have been a vital element of the AMC series ?Mad Men? right from the opening scene.
American Graduates Finding Jobs in China
Shanghai and Beijing are becoming lands of opportunity for recent American college graduates who face unemployment nearing double digits at home.
Interrogation Inc.: 2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11?s Wake
Joined his Air Force colleague to build a thriving business that made millions of dollars selling interrogation and training services to the C.I.A.In 2002, two psychologists found a business opportunity selling interrogation and training services to the C.I.A.
The Pour: Rooted in Rioja, Traditions Gain New Respect
Winemakers in Rioja, Spain, have followed ancient methods that still work, even preferring to grow grapes on bushes, not along trellises.A very traditional winery in the Rioja region of Spain has paradoxically become a winery in the vanguard, its viticulture and winemaking an example for young producers all over the world.
Online Treatment May Help Insomniacs
Two studies suggest that online applications based on cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective in treating insomnia.
Op-Ed Contributor: Dreams From His Mother
What we can learn from the scholarship of anthropologist Ann Dunham Soetoro, President Obama?s late mother.
Chávez Loyalists Push to Close Golf Courses
Since President Hugo Chávez called golf a ?bourgeois sport,? officials have moved to shut down two of the country?s best-known courses.
Op-Ed Contributor: Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
The Perseid meteor shower, which peaks Wednesday, comes from the dust of Comet Swift-Tuttle, whose remains appear to shower down from the constellation Perseus as it moves across the northern sky.
A Primer on the Details of Health Care Reform
It can be difficult to sort fact from fiction in the raucous debate over health care reform. Here is a guide to the main issues.
E-Mail Reveals Rove?s Key Role in ?06 Dismissals
Documents showed Karl Rove and others played a more active role in the 2006 firings of federal prosecutors.
Madoff Aide Reveals Details of Ponzi Scheme
Frank DiPascali, a longtime employee of Bernard L. Madoff, pleaded guilty to his role in the Ponzi scheme.
China?s Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard
As China runs out of landfill space, it is racing to build incinerators, a growing source of toxic emissions.
Civil War in Uganda, Illustrated and in Panels
The comic book series Unknown Soldier is set in a world filled with violence, where boys are used as soldiers and girls are punished for innocent acts like riding bicycles.
While My Guitar Gently Beeps
Alex Rigopulos, a founder and the C.E.O. of Harmonix Music Systems. Big eyes (reflected from a photo in his Boston office) were watching.A Beatles video game arrives at a time when participation and simulation are changing the way we listen to music.
Aspirin Seen Aiding Colorectal Cancer Patients
A study found that even after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer, patients who took aspirin had a much better chance of surviving than non-users.
Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World
is from the book ?Kunstformen der Natur,? by Ernst Haeckel, 1900. The names of the birds, like Topaza pella, or crimson topaz (third from top), and Sparganura sappho, or red-tailed comet (with forked tail), seem as lush and elaborate as their coloration.Taxonomy is dying. But it is by classifying nature that we come to know it in all its beetleness and daffodility.
Corporations Take a Low-Key Approach to Event Sponsorship
Worried about seeming ostentatious, major businesses that entertain clients do so very quietly.
Thousands Line Up for Promise of Free Health Care
A rural organization offering its services near Los Angeles has already been overwhelmed by an outpouring of need.
Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent
More than 1,000 people showed up for a meeting with Senator Arlen Specter that was punctuated with rowdy moments.
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