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Op-Ed Columnist: The Gospel of Wealth

3 hours 29 min ago

The betrayal of the age of excess has made us hungry for a new code reconciling material and spiritual longings.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The 5 Percent Doctrine

3 hours 34 min ago

As Sept. 11 approaches, the displays of intolerance just keep getting more and more outrageous.

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Who Lives There: In Newport, but Not of It

4 hours 17 min ago

The creator of the TED conference and his novelist wife, who live in a grand 19th-century copy of an 18th-century French country house, happily shun Rhode Island society.

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Google Unveils Tool to Speed Up Searches

5 hours 35 min ago

Google’s change may save users time, but may also affect the many businesses that have been built around placing search ads on the site.

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Op-Ed Contributor: The Music You Won’t Hear on Rosh Hashana

9 hours 9 min ago

The reasons for the dearth of classical music in the synagogue may be tangled, but they all lie in the familiar ground of Jewish history and experience.

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Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A.

13 hours 6 min ago

A sharply divided appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program.

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New Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved

17 hours 41 min ago

As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives.

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Political Times: Crisis Past, Obama May Have Missed a Chance

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 06:46

President Obama and his party face a problem that stems from decisions he made when he took office.

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Falling Rates Aid Debtors, but Hamper Savers

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 06:44

Those who live off their savings and investments are hit hard by falling interest rates, as corporations borrow cheaply and sit on the cash.

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On Clean Energy, China Skirts Rules

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 06:44

Big government subsidies for clean energy companies, like cheap land and low-interest loans, may be in violation of W.T.O. rules.

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Editorial: Debating the Economy

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 05:45

President Obama may have taken too long to engage the debate on the economy, but, with two robust speeches, he finally has given voters a clear choice about the direction the country can take.

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After Fine, Botox Awaits Approval for Migraine

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 04:59

Allergan will pay $600 million for its marketing tactics while the F.D.A. decides on the drug’s use for migraines.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Healers of 9/11

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 04:34

A woman who lost her husband in the 9/11 attacks shows the right way to fight back, by working with other widows to tackle poverty and illiteracy in Afghanistan.

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In the Garden: Fending Off the Weeds With Newsprint

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 04:23

Planting the last of the fall seeds — spinach, arugula, mâche — in a no-till garden.

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A Writer’s Long Journey to Trace the Great Migration

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 03:43

“The Warmth of Other Suns,” Isabel Wilkerson’s book about the Great Migration of blacks in America, took 15 years and much hands-on research to finish.

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Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 03:42

Religious leaders held an “emergency summit” to denounce bigotry toward Muslim Americans.

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Economic Scene: The Bears and the State of Housing

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:19

The difference between viewing housing as a luxury good or as a staple is the subject of a debate about the recovery.

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As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 19:20

Taxpayers in New Jersey and in other areas of the country are still paying for facilities abandoned by the teams they were built for.

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Op-Ed Columnist: 1938 in 2010

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 18:50

The inadequacy of the Obama administration’s initial economic stimulus has landed it — and the nation — in a political trap.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Saudi Time

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 18:41

A Middle East peace plan from King Abdullah has been floating out there in the ether for years now. It’s time to bring it out of the air.

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