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Most E-mailed news on 30 October 2007 |
Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress
Some administrators are pushing back against an ethos of super-achievement at affluent suburban high schools.
Sidebar: In Students? Eyes, Look-Alike Lawyers Don?t Make the Grade
A group of Stanford law students has launched an effort aimed at improving diversity at big law firms.
Op-Ed Columnist: Fearing Fear Itself
Many of the men who hope to be the next president have made unreasoning, unjustified terror the centerpiece of their campaigns.
Op-Ed Contributor: Bush?s Dangerous Liaisons
Though it has been a topic of much attention lately, the origin of the term ?terrorist? has gone largely unnoticed by politicians and pundits alike.
Connections: Is Dumbledore Gay? Depends on Definitions of ?Is? and ?Gay?
J. K. Rowling, the author of the ?Harry Potter? books, may think of Dumbledore as gay, but there is no reason why anyone else should.
The Evangelical Crackup
After the 2004 election, evangelical Christians looked like one of the most powerful and cohesive voting blocs in America. Three years later their leadership is split along generational and theological lines. How did it all come apart?
F.C.C. Set to End Sole Cable Deals for Apartments
Hoping to reduce spiraling cable TV costs, the F.C.C. plans to strike down contracts giving cable companies exclusive rights to service individual apartment buildings.
Op-Ed Contributor: The Wiretap This Time
During my lifetime, there has been a sea change in the way that politically active Americans view their relationship with government.
Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve Adirondacks
Environmentalists cheered when a conservancy acquired 161,000 acres, but not all the land will be preserved.
Editorial: Trash Talking World War III
Four years after his pointless invasion of Iraq, President Bush still confuses bullying with grand strategy.
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