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Editor's Letter: Have we set the bar too high?
feature We've reached the point where our scrutiny of politicians’ private lives prevents intelligent, accomplished people from running for office.
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Editor's Letter: Money, time, and testosterone too
feature When my older daughter, Julia, was still in her crib, I found myself not only changing diapers and preparing bottles, but singing Barney’s “I Love You” song to console her at the end of each show.
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Editor's Letter: Doing damage control
feature Gov. Rick Perry and Bob Dylan found themselves in trouble this week, and their reaction to their plight couldn't have been more different.
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Editor's Letter: Germany's virtuous about face
feature In my Munich neighborhood, being hip meant being sloppy; conformity and obvious ambition were fatally uncool.
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Editor's Letter: A moot economic debate
feature Economists agree that consumer spending, hiring, and growth will be anemic for years to come, regardless of what Washington does.
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Editor's Letter: Getting utilities to see the light
feature Our power went out at 2 a.m. during the first night of Irene’s window-rattling fury. A large maple tree had crashed into the overhead power lines.
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Editor's Letter: Fate's nonchalance
feature Every now and then we are reminded of the role random chance plays in our lives.
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Editor's Letter: A panoramic view of humanity
feature I’ve never tired of the God-like view of man’s works one gets from a plane window. From on high, we human beings seem so numerous, and so…busy.
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Editor's Letter: Of hearth and home
feature In spite of all the turmoil during the last few years, Americans continue to think that buying a home is “an important part of the American dream.”
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Editor's Letter: A backlash against bike lanes
feature Will my humble stab at civility help silence the anti-cyclist haters? It seems more likely that on New York’s streets, as in Washington, conflict will remain the natural order of things.
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Editor's Letter: When the frame of reference shifts
feature The successes of football coach Joe Paterno and political leader Silvio Berlusconi now seem like failures in light of their neglect of more important obligations.
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Editor's Letter: The tip of an iceberg
feature Whenever a prominent pillar of the community is accused of some form of sexual misconduct, friends and admirers insist that the charges don’t square with the really fine person they know.
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Editor's Letter: Steve Jobs’s last words
feature Mona Simpson had no idea what Jobs was seeing when he uttered his last words, but she invites us to ponder their meaning in the context of his life.
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Editor's Letter: Who should pay?
feature In theory, most people accept the need to make do with less. In practice, we think it would be far fairer for someone else to surrender benefits and pay higher taxes.
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