7 January 2010: Morning

Dems spin back: The G.O.P. has its own retirements and no clear path to a majority.

Palin seems to divide her fellow-Americans into first class and second class citizens, real Americans and not-so-real Americans. Why Jews have a problem with Palin.

New U.C.L.A. study says that even during a recession, legalizing undocumented immigrants would boost the U.S. economy.

Slideshow: Double agents through the years.

A spinner you can click to decide the state of the union--are we "twitchy" or "thrifty?"

Bidders preview next week's Tavern on the Green auction, lust after the samovars, cup the former proprietor's suits.

Why Warner's imposed 28-day wait on new releases works out for Netflix: The studio is tripling the number of titles available for online viewing.

"Porridge eaters tend to fall into two categories: porridge followed by the full English breakfast, or porridge followed by a fruit plate."

I'll put on the Three Tenors, let them take me to sunny Sicily or wherever the hell. Ian Frazier and the Cursing Mommy cook Italian.

Scientist posits the reason the Mona Lisa's smile looks that way is because she had very high cholesterol.

A profile of Portnip Rojanasunan: part forensic scientist, part Thai fashion icon.

Stolen Picasso found in shoebox.

From 1967, a letter David Bowie wrote in response to his very first fan letter from America.