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New York’s $122 Billion Quagmire
The state should prohibit individuals or businesses that contribute to comptroller candidates from then participating in the investment of the state pension fund.
A Bad Test
In a case challenging the New Haven Fire Department’s promotion policies, the Supreme Court should affirm the decision that the city did not discriminate.
Accountability in Schools
Stimulus money meant for disadvantaged schoolchildren won’t get to the students for whom it is intended unless the Department of Education holds schools to transparent accounting practices.
The Brando Brand
Creating a meaningful brand out of Marlon Brando’s name will be no easy task.
Multimedia
Bloggingheads: Government, Inc.
Law professors Eric Posner, left, of the University of Chicago and Steven M. Davidoff of the University of Connecticut debate whether the government should be running troubled financial companies.
Op-Ed: Greening of the American Hard Hat
Environmentally sound construction depends on educated workers.
My Personal Foreign Aid Program
Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof travels to the Dominican Republic to meet a young boy he sponsors through Plan USA, an international development organization.
Columnists
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
In an interview with the inventors of Twitter, a simple quest to find out if they are as annoying as their invention.
Swimming Without a Suit
America needs to invest money and energy into schools with a sense of urgency that the economic and moral stakes demand.
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Op-Ed Contributors
Who’s Buried in Cleopatra’s Tomb?
No matter what the tombs of Taposiris Magna in Egypt yield, they are unlikely to offer up an answer to the vexed question of women and power.
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Blogs
Guest Column: Will Obama Ride Reagan’s Ratings Roller Coaster?
A consideration of the Reagan experience may well give some clues as to what lies ahead for the 44th president.
Columns
Guest Column: Larks, Owls and Hummingbirds
Acknowledging our inner sleep rhythms might be better for our health than fighting them.
Encores
Measure for Measure contributors reflect on the experience of writing about songwriting.
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Coming to terms with our inner sleep rhythms might be better for our health than fighting them.
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The Reagan experience may well give some clues as to what lies ahead for the 44th president.
Op-Classic, 1990: Down With Earth Day
The hoopla over Earth Day left the columnist Russell Baker cold in 1990.
Freakonomics on NYTimes.com
The authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner bring their blog to The Times.
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