Today in Moronia
- Gail Collins: ‘Instantly, like a daffodil in spring, a new committee popped up’
- Extract of Chinese herb kudzu reduces alcohol consumption
- California school food standards change teens eating habits for the better
- New male birth control procedure said to be 100% effective, completely reversible
- Video of police fatally beating homeless man causes spectators to leave courtroom
- Gene Weingarten is alarmed at how cheap he’d sell his moral integrity
- Plants use perfume to attract beneficial bacteria to their roots
- Privatized prison labor competes with regular business at 93 cents a day
- There is no invisible hand
- Does Mitt Romney support paid sick days for working mothers?
Today’s News
Current events.
Toward a definition of judicial liberalism
The superb portrait (visual — great photographs — and literary) of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in today’s New York Times Magazine contains this fascinating definition of the principles of judicial liberalism on its last page. Photograph by Platon for The New York Times Go to original by Jeffrey Rosen I recently asked...
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Aging boomers continue their wild ways
Youths are being maligned to draw attention from the reality that it's actually middle-aged adults — the parents — whose behavior has worsened.
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Petite woman arrested after businessman accuses her of rape
A woman falsely accused of date-raping a wealthy businessman has told for the first time how the ordeal ruined her life.
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British police can now use Taser guns on children
Until now, Tasers -- which emit a 50,000-volt electric shock -- have been used only by specialist officers as a "non lethal" alternative to firearms.
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