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Tax Soda, Subsidize Vegetables
Taxing junk food and making healthy food more affordable would save millions of lives and billions of dollars in health care costs.Who is going to "pay to play"? -
Make Way for the Radical Center
A third way is on the way for the 2012 presidential campaign. And its convention will be held on the Internet.This is just a distraction. -
Addictive Personality? You Might be a Leader
What we seek in leaders is often the same risk-taking personality type that is found in addicts.I can find adventures. I can create adventures. Shall we begin? -
Republicans, Zealots and Our Security
Forget about Iran. These days, the most dangerous threat to national security comes from our own elected officials.Not having to find the money for adventuring is much better. -
After Long Wait, Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York
Hundreds of couples began marrying on Sunday in a new milestone for gay rights.It is not happening in California yet. -
Using 14th Amendment to Raise
A Civil War-era provision in the 14th Amendment makes for an interesting discussion on whether President Obama could use it to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling.Legal but not politically possible yet. Wait a week. -
Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S.
The man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced by anti-Muslim bloggers and right-wing activists in the U.S., lacing his 1,500-page manifesto with quotations from them.He was more effective at getting the tome read than he expected. -
How the Deficit Got This Big
A look at how the economy went from healthy surpluses at the end of the Clinton era to the current deficit.The shrub threw a wild party. Clean up is costing. -
Parties Push for Debt-Limit Deal Before Asian Markets Open
Speaker John A. Boehner said that the House was prepared to act on its own deficit reduction package if Congress and the White House failed to agree on a bipartisan plan.Such a plan will not pass the Senate or over ride a veto. -
The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s
Call it credentials inflation. A four-year degree may not cut it anymore.There are no more entry level positions.
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Norway Attacks Put Spotlight on Rise of Right-Wing Sentiment in Europe
Across Europe, opposition to Muslim immigrants, globalization, the power of the European Union and the drive toward multiculturalism has proven a potent political force.It is just a noisy one. -
Train Wreck in China Raises Questions of Safety
The train accident that killed 35 has added to a national sense that safety is taking a back seat to China’s infrastructure development.Killing the customers is not allowed. -
Apple Sales in China Zoom Ahead of Competitors
Must-have gadgets are causing a stir, with stores packed and inventory sparse.Piracy should fix this. I wonder what is stopping them? -
Scientific Advances on Contraceptive for Men
Scientists believe male contraceptives hold promise for being safe, effective and, also important, reversible.I wish we still needed this. We will have to settle for other adventures.I wonder if it will find a market. -
Scandal Splinters the Murdoch Family Business
The phone hacking scandal could threaten Rupert Murdoch’s plans of succession and his family’s control over News Corporation.I like it when the Times agrees with me. -
Kei Igawa: The Lost Yankee
Acquired for $46 million with the hope that he could be a rotation stalwart, Kei Igawa lasted 16 games with the Yankees before being banished to the minors.Some things I would just as soon not think about. -
Portraits From the New York City Marriage Bureau
Audio and photos of 20 same-sex couples who wed on Sunday, July 24, 2011, in Manhattan.They are all happy to be there. -
Opinion
Cleaning up costs.
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What Apple Has That Google Doesn’t: An Auteur
While Google makes its design choices by consensus, Apple has found success by relying on the eye of Steve Jobs, whose role resembles that of a film auteur.This works only when the Auteur runs the company. -
Messing With Medicare
It’s actually good that the “Grand Bargain” is apparently dead, because what President Obama offered to the Republicans was a very bad deal for America.Paul Krugman is more hopeful than I am.
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