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Most E-mailed news on 19 September 2009 |
A Soldier?s Voice Rediscovered
A recording of a radio broadcast of a battlefield Sabbath service in Germany in 1944 has become an unlikely YouTube hit.
Op-Ed Columnist: No, It?s Not About Race
The backlash against President Obama is the latest iteration of a populist tendency against money being siphoned off by condescending elites and going to those who do not work.
Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Farm waste, the biggest polluter of American rivers, is largely unregulated by many of the laws designed to prevent pollution and protect drinking water.
Art Review | 'Kandinsky': The Angel in the Architecture
A sleek Kandinsky retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum offers an unencumbered view of his painting career.
Op-Ed Columnist: Baucus and the Threshold
Max Baucus?s plan for health care reform needs to change, and the direction in which it changes will determine whether it is a bill worth passing.
Mind: When a Parent?s ?I Love You? Means ?Do as I Say?
Evidence is now available about the mainstream thinking on the disciplining of children.
36 Hours in Cleveland
Local entrepreneurs and bohemian dreamers alike are sinking roots into this city by opening a wave of funky boutiques and sophisticated restaurants.
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious
What the unearthing of Carl Jung?s Red book is doing to the Jungs and the Jungians (and maybe your dreams).
Life in the Slow Lane: Navigating the Erie Canal
A family spends three days on a houseboat, gliding by the farms and small towns of upstate New York, at five miles an hour.
Movie Review | 'The Informant!': A Corporate Culture Cornfed on Greed
?The Informant!? is a smart, cynical movie about how we buy now ? oops, I mean, how we live now.
Patient Money: Taking Care of Parents Also Means Taking Care of Finances
Caring for aging parents can quickly cause an unexpected financial squeeze, and put the savings of adult children in jeopardy.
Op-Ed Columnist: Have a Nice Day
China and Germany understand that prosperity and growth depend on nurturing a renewable energy industry. When will the United States?
Movie Review | 'Bright Star': Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity
The achievement of Jane Campion?s learned and ravishing new film is to trace the comminglings and collisions of poetic creation and amatory passion.
In Portland?s Restaurants, a Down East Banquet
Young chefs, great produce and low costs have made Portland, Me., one of the best places to eat in the Northeast.
Art Review | Georgia O?Keeffe: In Full Flower, Before the Desert
A vivid and surprisingly surprising show of more than 130 paintings and drawings from the first two decades of O?Keeffe?s long career, at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
An Iwo Jima Relic Binds Generations
Franklin W. Hobbs III found an envelope containing this photo on the body of a fallen Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima. The baby was the soldier?s daughter Yoko.Decades after World War II, an Army veteran who set out to return souvenirs of a brutal battle found kinship with the daughter of a dead Japanese soldier.
Op-Ed Contributor: Serves Us Right
Americans could do more to inspire restaurant workers if they adopted a service charge, as they do in Europe, to give servers adequate benefits and a living wage.
Architecture Review: Supersize Stadium, With Helping of Sprawl
The Dallas Cowboys? new home avoids a small-town look common in recent stadiums, but it suffers from its embrace of a bigger-is-better mentality.
Demanding Job in a Divided Lab, Then a Murder
Raymond Clark III, 24, was arrested and charged on Thursday in the murder of Annie M. Le, the police said.
Recovery Picks Up in China as U.S. Still Ails
China is growing rapidly while the U.S. economy is still shrinking, but the countries remain mutually dependent.
Unemployment in California at 12%, Highest in Nearly 70 Years
The unemployment rate in the country?s most populous state underscores how the incipient economic recovery continues to elude millions of Americans seeking work.
Medical Editors Push for Ghostwriting Crackdown
Medical journals are being pressed to adopt tougher disclosure policies on industry-financed research.
Books: One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care
The author T. R. Reid had his sore shoulder examined around the world.An author?s trip around the world with a sore shoulder teaches a lot about the health care system in the United States.
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72
Ms. Travers?s ringing vocals helped make the folk trio?s songs enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement.
Following Trash and Recyclables on Their Journey
A project that tracks garbage through the waste disposal system over the next three months will help give people a concrete sense of their impact on the environment.
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