Forty-seven percent of American households owe no income tax for 2009--but don't confuse "income tax" with "tax." Common tax questions and answers--e.g., why terrorist informants don't get tax breaks, but the blind do. Roundup of rumored tax-day
Birnbaum and Tom Piazza discuss their favorite Big Easy books.
As India considers saving seats for women in the government’s upper tier, a tour of the country’s rural east shows how quotas have turned women into local politicians.
Toyota suspends sale of Lexus SUV after Consumer Reports slaps a "do not buy" warning on the vehicle. What car do you tell people not to buy? Study finds that since 1980, 40 percent fewer women die from childbirth--with significant reductions in India, China, Brazil, and Egypt.
Language barrier or presidential pressure may have caused Poland's deadly crash. Tribute to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stevens: a rare, genuinely independent mind. Collector in chief takes national archives to the blogosphere. Op: By going to cable, Conan is changing the game, rather than fading away with other
Literary prizes—meritorious or beauty pageants?
The most important book ever, according to Dave Eggers.
Beauty fades when it confronts irrelevance.
Economists say it's premature to call the recession over--unemployment numbers are still too high. Geithner: Learning from the last financial crisis--and installing more accountability--will prevent the next meltdown. Investigators say WaMu created a "mortgage time bomb" by selling loans to investors without disclosing
Joe Franklin is a New York institution, having interviewed untold celebrities and been (jokingly) accused of rape by Sarah Silverman.
