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The Mother of All No-Brainers
Is the Republican Party so blinded by its tax-rate fixation that it misses the chance to exchange a few revenue increases for huge spending cuts?Even the insane recognize insanity. -
Pakistan’s Spies Tied to Slaying of a Journalist
Intelligence showed that senior officials of the spy agency directed the attack on a journalist in an effort to silence criticism, two senior administration officials said.Bad guys. -
New Autism Study Implicates Environmental Factors
A new study of twins released online on Monday marked an important shift in thinking about the causes of autism.We are learning but still hunting witches. -
Who’s on the Family Tree? Now It’s Complicated
The once-simple concept of a family tree has grown complicated in the wake of sperm donations, surrogate mothers, adoptions and relationships outside wedlock.When was it not? -
In War of Egos, It’s One Hacker vs. Another
In a fractious free-for-all, rival hackers engage in tit-for-tat attacks on each other, often for no better reason than to outwit the other guy. -
In Eyes, a Clock Calibrated by Wavelengths of Light
The effects of light on melatonin, which regulates our internal clocks, and our overall health are just beginning to be explored. -
A Treasure Trove of Staggering Riches Is Found Beneath a Temple in Southern India
A search of vaults at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple found a vast collection of gold coins, jewels and precious stones worth an estimated $22 billion. -
Like It or Unfriend It
The United States of America has requested your friendship on Facebook. -
iPads Replacing Pilots’ Paper Manuals
The tablet computers are digital substitutes in the cockpit for about 40 pounds of reference materials needed for the flight. -
News of the World Tabloid Hacked Missing Girl’s Cellphone, Lawyer Says
News of the World allegedly intercepted messages left for Milly Dowler, 13, and deleted them to make room for new ones, giving her family false hope.we must not tolerate these people.
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The D.A. Did the Right Thing
In l’affaire D.S.K., Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, upheld the rules of justice.Joe Nocera blots his copybook again. -
N.E.A. Shifts Position on Teacher Evaluations
The National Education Association on Monday affirmed for the first time that evidence of student learning must be considered in the evaluations of school teachers around the country. -
Cy Twombly, Idiosyncratic Painter, Dies at 83
Cy Twombly, whose spare child-like scribbles and poetic engagement with antiquity left him stubbornly out of step with the movements of post-war American art even as he became one of the era’s most important painters, died in Rome Tuesday. He was 83. -
Brazil’s Giddy Convergence
To arrive in Brazil from the United States or Europe is to feel the world turned upside down. -
Smartphones Could Make Keys Obsolete
Technology that allows doors to be unlocked remotely is moving to the smartphone, causing some analysts to say the key will soon become obsolete. -
Gillibrand Wants Women Involved in Politics
Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand is trying to get more women engaged in politics, an arena in which their progress has begun to stall. -
Tendency Toward Egalitarianism May Have Helped Humans Survive
Darwinian-minded analysts argue that Homo sapiens have an innate distaste for hierarchical extremes, the legacy of our long nomadic prehistory as tightly knit bands. -
Rick Perry Breaks With a Fellow Texan: George W. Bush
Gov. Rick Perry’s criticisms of his predecessor and former patron, George W. Bush, have exposed a long-simmering rivalry and the rightward drift of the Republican Party. -
Let’s Not Linger in Afghanistan
We’ve achieved our objectives, so our troops can come home sooner. -
More Folly in the Debt Limit Talks
In addition to demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, Republicans now say they want a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution."Tough choices" are not what we need.We need jobs and money at the bottom. We will not get that.
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