The Quest For Kosher Among China’s Other Billion
The nation will soon observe the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, events that prompted many Americans …
Education Cuts Squeeze N.C. Teachers
As the 50 states pass their budgets in trying times, education spending is taking one of the hardest hits. In …
Colleges For Partying, Eating, And Learning (If You Must)
For the second year in a row, two universities in towns named Athens are at the top of the Party …
Technology And Film: Why Marion Crane Didn’t Check The Bates Motel On Yelp
Last week in The Guardian, Joe Queenan wrote “The movie plots that technology killed,” about the way that ongoing technological …
Breaking News To Kids
Smart kids crave breaking news. They are a natural audience — intelligent, curious, fascinated by the story, able to assimilate …
Gang ‘Interrupters’ Fight Chicago’s Cycle Of Violence
For 11 years, former gang members in Chicago have entered dangerous neighborhoods in the city and staged group interventions for …
Why We Revel In Others’ ‘Humiliation’
Every office, every family and every neighborhood has a gossip — someone who will readily share whispers about a neighbor’s …
Sandwich Monday: Chicken Rings
The optimist in me says the White Castle “Chicken Ring” is just a Chicken McNugget with all the unhealthy stuff …
Taking On Crime In A Racially Divided D.C.
All 17 of George Pelecanos’ crime novels have been set in his hometown of Washington, D.C. — but he isn’t …
Refined Manhattan Shines With Glamorous ‘Civility’
Amor Towles’ stylish, elegant and deliberately anachronistic debut novel transports readers back to Manhattan in 1938, just before the sharp …
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