I think even libertarians recognize certain kinds of speech ought to be restrictable. Legal scholar discusses the state of civil liberty. A profile of culinary anthropologist, diner historian Richard Gutman. How personalities foreshadow family size--the more neurotic you are, the more you procreate. The World Cup will cost Brazil
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Those who reject the ideas of political Islam are in touch with Muslims on a local level. Obama's strategy has been in place for less than six months. Why reaching conclusions in Afghanistan is premature. Times reporter fights bloggers over claims his Afghan minerals story
They are more than twice as likely to report having struggled with substance abuse. Study explores sperm donor children's suffering. Apple juice can reduce anxiety, delusion in Alzheimer's patients. Freakonomist discusses health reform, Wall Street, and how to motivate students to do well. A common sunscreen
Waxman v. Big Oil will see the entire industry go on trial today. Obama to give his first Oval Office address tonight, likely to provide "realism and hope" about BP. Also: Tonight's speech will show how committed Obama plans to be about energy legislation. Op: Obama
Over the past decade, we've learned diseases' genetics and pharmaceutical companies are more complex than previously thought. As it does with every 9/11 comparison, the Daily News called up some 9/11 family members to see who was upset about the remark. Philip Graham remembers eating
Afghanistan's billion-dollar minerals--a curiously timed piece of good news? Karzai's ousted intelligence chief says the Afghan leader's given up on N.A.T.O. and is swinging for the Taliban and Pakistan. Turkey shows more assertive--if resentful--foreign policy, yet E.
Mandela to miss opening ceremony after his great-granddaughter dies returning home from a World Cup concert. New oil-spill estimate says the Valdez disaster is flowing into the Gulf every 10 days. You want the oil? You clean up the mess. Britons, frustrated by stock losses, dislike being demonized
There's a lake at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico that's over 100 miles wide and at least 400 to 500 feet deep of black oil. Government officials follow BP's policy of opacity, restrict press access to Gulf oil spill. World Cup losses
Security Council backs new sanctions against Iran; securing Russian and Chinese votes weakened measure. Iran is losing Russia, China, and all those countries that matter. Obama to make reassuring eye contact with every last American. Obama's former Upper West Side apartment for rent--only $1,900 a month.
Berreby: Plans for Israel's Museum of Tolerance are failing because tolerance is a form of hypocrisy. Biblical beekeepers raised bees that produced eight times as much honey as their Syrian counterparts. As Latin America becomes cosmopolitan, it lets go of a literary staple: the dictator novel. At some
