EPA Connects ‘Fracking’ To Water Contamination
For the first time, a government study has tied contamination in drinking water to an advanced drilling technique commonly known …
To Keep Marriage Healthy When Baby Comes, Share Housework
As many couples can attest — and lots of research backs this up — marital happiness plummets with the arrival …
Why Some Evangelicals Back Thrice-Wed Gingrich
One of the puzzles of the Republican presidential campaign is Newt Gingrich’s appeal to religions conservatives. The irony is that …
‘Tinker, Tailor’: Spy Vs. Spy (Vs. Spy)
Anyone old enough to remember scurrying home from work in 1979 to catch the BBC’s superb miniseries Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, …
‘My Piece Of The Pie,’ Served With A Bit Of Sauce
Money talks, and a chatty displaced worker talks back, in My Piece of the Pie, a stirring if occasionally over-obvious …
‘Knuckle’ Joint: Traveller Clans, Endlessly At Odds
The question of access troubles Knuckle, a ragged documentary that offers viewers a tour through the world of Irish Travellers, …
With This Sitter, The Kids Are Better Off Alone
Jonah Hill, Hollywood’s go-to blubbering slacker, tries to pick up some easy money in The Sitter. It looks like a …
Black Atlantans Struggle To Stay In The Middle Class
There’s no question that the Great Recession has meant hard times all around, but from 2007 to 2009, it sent …
Obama In No Appeasing Mood As He Goes After Republicans
It has been President Obama’s misfortune to be accused of appeasement by both his political supporters and foes. For much …
At Climate Talks, Frustration And Interruptions
United Nations climate talks, like many negotiations, are a blend of dead seriousness and theater. Today at the talks in …
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