My Kingdom for a Ginger Beard
Faced with a city full of strangers, you do what anyone would do: You give them nicknames and puzzle out their stories. Herewith, the story of an unemployed redhead.
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting New Neighbors
Across the U.S., neighbors of foreclosed homes are eagerly awaiting the new homeowners—soon-to-be acquaintances, friends, lenders of spices, spouse swappers.
24 November 2010: Holiday
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
Heads of the Family
At Thanksgiving, a family takes stock of what they’re thankful for by weighing the most valuable things they own: their heads.
23 November 2010: Morning
"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
23 November 2010: Afternoon
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
22 November 2010: Morning
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
22 November 2010: Afternoon
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
On the Origin of Intimacy
Tiffany Bozic is a naturalist of her unconscious. In her latest work, Bozic’s paintings combine fascination with the natural world and a desire to explore uncharted emotional territory in dream-like renderings of plants and animals.
A Question of Bandwidth
Walk across the office, or send an email? A look at how much time we save—or not—when we opt for the technological solution.