Energy Surplus alert
It's been this week's most e-mailed New York Times story because everyone faces it: the Holiday Energy Surplus.13 years ago
Admit it: You DREAD wrapping gifts
Yes, you may dread wrapping gifts. But too bad. There is no excuse for a poorly wrapped present. Because in the YouTube Age, there's a How-To video for everything.13 years ago
Is the Pope capitalist?
Pope Francis has issued a 224 page Papal Exhortation - setting out his vision for the church. On CNN Vatican analyst John Allen pointed out a lot of it is familiar Catholic doctrine.13 years ago
A backlash to the backlash
I'm starting to see more news stories documenting a strange phenomenon - positive Obamacare anecdotes.13 years ago
CEOs get a reprieve
Swiss voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have required companies to limit executive salaries to no more than 12 times as much as their lowest paid workers.13 years ago
Who do you trust?
Over the weekend Secretary of State John Kerry helped negotiate an agreement with Iran to start reining in its nuclear program. He says it's the first step toward ending, once and for all, Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon that could threaten Israel. Which you'd think would make Israel's Prime Minister happy.13 years ago
Close your books, and boot up your laptops
Students have been complaining high-stakes testing for years. But what about small-stakes testing?13 years ago
It was the crying
I avoid trying to reflect on this day. But there's no avoiding it this year.13 years ago
Guess whose website is working!?
The federal health care website has become a punch line. It's eating away at the Presidents' poll numbers, it's embarrassed Democrats who bought into the promises, and worst of all, it's left millions of people feeling less secure, not more secure.13 years ago
What do you do when your dad is a billionaire?
In the case of Howard G. Buffett, whose dad is Warren Buffett, you become a farmer.13 years ago
It turns out that our very lives depend on being unhappy
If you Google the word Happiness you would quickly find the name Shimon Edelman, Cornell Professor of Psychology and author of a book call "The Happiness of Pursuit."13 years ago
From the health care archives
I think America needs some hope on the health care issue.13 years ago
Whisper in my ear; I’ll follow you anywhere
Which part of America has the sexiest accents?13 years ago
Who knew how much we loved our old insurance plans!
The Affordable Care Act has one clear accomplishment that no one will debate - suddenly everyone loves their old health insurance.13 years ago
Touchdown Machinists!
So I guess if it was a football game it would have to be Touchdown Machinists.13 years ago
A lie for a lie!
Members of Congress have a new idea for ending the uncertainty stirred up by Obamacare - enact his promise into law.13 years ago
Could this woman be president?
I'm talking about Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who said, "We don't grow this country from the financial sector, we grow this country from the middle class."13 years ago
If Machinists reject contract, the younger workers they’re protecting may be in China
For Boeing Machinists who think our local aerospace company is bluffing -- listen again to what Senator Patty Murray said, "I do know that the competition is very tough and there are a lot of people rooting for our failure."13 years ago
How not to retire poor
Charles Schwab, the big discount brokerage firm, holds about 11 million individual retirement accounts. And yet Schwab CEO Walter Bettinger says there's a problem with this system.13 years ago
When ‘Thank You For Your Service’ doesn’t cut it
Reporter David Finkel- who was embedded with an infantry battalion during the surge in Iraq - has just published a book called "Thank You For Your Service" which, demonstrates how empty that phrase can sound to a soldier.13 years ago
Can liberals and conservatives really communicate?
The 2014 campaign is underway, and this Harvard Professor is hoping to change the way the left and the right debate issues.13 years ago
We’ve been poisoned in the name of better health
The FDA commissioner says the evidence is incontrovertible. Trans fats increase your risk for heart disease.13 years ago
It’s not really about prayer
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about a case from the small upstate New York town of Greece - where the town has a tradition of opening its town meetings with a prayer. But the prayers tended to be from Christian pastors.13 years ago
