Speculations that North Korea's attack was ordered to burnish young Kim Jon Un's credentials. Op: Zadie Smith and Ross Douthat find Facebook dehumanizing because they're pretty social butterflies; everyone ain't like that. "Sarkozy calls journalists pedophiles"; Sarkozy denies calling journalists
"It was not a comfortable home for one person." The New York schools chancellorship once came with a Brooklyn Heights brownstone. My understanding of the immediate post-Watergate era was largely shaped by...Doonesbury compilations. Carnival Cruise Lines, stranded passengers disagree over whether the ship served Spam. To
U.S. priority in Korea: Avoid overreaction or any missteps. Iran's parliament prevented by Supreme Leader from impeaching Ahmadinejad. Damon Winter's iPhone pictures of soldiers in Afghanistan. The single least popular choice was allowing the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. Times analyzes thousands of readers
Scientist who helped develop body scanning technology says a software upgrade could silence critics. Op: Few Afghans know about Sept. 11--a sign it's time to forget about winning hearts and minds, and go home. He made millions of dollars as an entertainer in Las Vegas and on
How Mexico is changing: narco bling now for sale, instead of being kept by officials. We have no mayor, no police, no transit system. Government is beside the point in abandoned Mexican border towns. American executives explain what it's like to be taken over by Chinese firms. Terrific
Penn of Penn & Teller offered airport VIP status after his crotch is touched. Effects of airport scanners considered if travelers reach a pleasure-vs.-stress tipping point. "Rape Survivor Devastated by Enhanced Pat Down." Discover analysis of body-scan radiation risk--"Someone is going to get
Airport scanner pictures leaked; Orlando U.S. Marshals saved 35,000 images. TSA agent pulls down woman's blouse and other agents mock her; woman sues. Still our favorite take: "Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family." Cameron banged the Cabinet table in sheer molten
To critics, the Ghailani verdict--acquitted of all murder charges--proves terrorists cannot be tried in civilian courts. From a 2007 interrogation, the Ghailani statements jurors didn't hear. A stunned Jaimy Gordon wins National Book Award for fiction; a poignant Patti Smith wins for nonfiction. Something in the
In Afghanistan, U.S. troops are systematically destroying hundreds of abandoned, booby-trapped homes. If a country is going to be colonized, they're better off with the British than the French. How helpful was British colonialism? British government apologizes for removing body parts from former nuclear plant workers.
Soldiers who eat goat kebabs, not Burger King, are less likely to be court-martialed. Restauranteurs hate OpenTable; owner says he pays them more than he pays himself. Op: If he's only one-and-done, Obama is less Carter and more George H.W. Bush. Humanities pursue data
