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Most E-mailed news on 29 September 2009 |
The School Issue: Preschool: Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?
Can imaginary play teach children to control their impulses ? and be better students?
Algorithm and Blues
A comic-book tour of logic, math and madness, populated by Bertrand Russell and other superheroes of philosophy.
Don?t Blame Flu Shots for All Ills, Officials Say
Some will die, miscarry or have a stroke after getting the swine flu vaccine, but the shot may not be responsible.
William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79
Mr. Safire was a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The Times.
E-Records Get a Big Endorsement
The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System will offer its doctors subsidies of up to $40,000 to go to digital patient records.
Cuts Meet a Culture of Spending at Condé Nast
With caviar and $1,000 nightly expense limits, cost-cutting has not been the same as at other publishers.
Op-Ed Columnist: Obama at the Precipice
President Obama, like the young President John F. Kennedy in 1961, is wrestling with sending more troops to an unpopular war during his first months in office.
Op-Ed Columnist: The New Sputnik
China is embarking on a new, parallel path of clean power deployment and innovation. It is the Sputnik of our day. Unfortunately, we?re still not racing.
The School Issue: Junior High: Coming Out in Middle School
How 13-year-old kids are dealing with their sexual identity ? and how others are dealing with them.
Editorial: High Cost of Death Row
States waste millions of dollars on verdicts, security and maintenance in pursuit of the death penalty. Abolishing it makes economic, not just moral, sense.
Jakarta Journal: Nannies Get Holiday. Rich Families Get a Suite.
Their domestic workers out for Ramadan, Indonesia?s wealthy are on their own; many check into hotels.
Health Concerns Over Popular Contraceptives
Critics say Yaz and Yasmin, the top-selling birth control line in the U.S., pose greater health risks to women.
Lucky Streisand Fans Were A-Listers for a Night
When Barbra Streisand sings, all fans are equal.
New Cheney Taking Stage for the G.O.P.
Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, is entertaining questions about a run for office.
Basque Without Borders
Along the Bay of Biscay lies a culture that stretches from the south of France to the north of Spain. It is upfront and subtle, ancient and new.
Explorer: Where Maine Comes Out of Its Other Shell
People have been shucking oysters, known for their distinctively briny taste, on the Damariscotta River for more than 2,000 years.
Theater Review | 'Othello': The General in His High-Tech Labyrinth
Peter Sellars?s exasperatingly misconceived ?Othello? stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago and John Ortiz as the title character.
Patient Money: When Elder Care Problems Escalate, You Can Hire an Expert
Caring for an elderly parent is draining. When it gets especially tough, you may feel that you need the equivalent of a case worker.
Driven to Distraction: Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab
The industry says computers that connect drivers to dispatchers can be used safely and should be exempt from legislation.
After a Death, the Pain That Doesn?t Go Away
Dr. M. Katherine Shear, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, said the suffering from extreme grief ?takes a person away from humanity.?For some people, a death can produce feelings of loss that become debilitating and remove them from humanity.
At School in Queens, Success Draws Crowd
Francis Lewis High is one of a number of New York City public schools teeming with students despite the system?s overall drop in enrollment.
Streisand?s Fine Instrument and Classic Instinct
Opera singers might learn from the way Barbra Streisand treats singing ? as an extension of her acting.
Burst of Technology Helps Blind to See
Research based on advances in technology and biology is raising hopes for progress on one of science?s holy grails.
In Some States, a Push to Ban Mandate on Insurance
There is a movement in more than a dozen states to outlaw a crucial element of health care reform: the requirement that everyone be insured or pay a penalty.
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