Half the romance of Valentine's Day is in the dessert. ...more

February 11, 2009

23 Number of days Israel and Hamas fought in January, which appear to have nourished Israel's self-image as a besieged nation surrounded by enemies ...more

February 9, 2009

In 1933, as today, a new president stepped into the White House, vowing change and decisive action at a time when a banking crisis posed a grave threat to the nation's economy. ...more

February 9, 2009

President Obama obviously relished slamming the present-day robber barons of Wall Street last week for paying out billions in bonuses even as taxpayers are bailing out their failed businesses. He demanded that they begin to show some sense of discipline and responsibility in the management of their companies. ...more

February 3, 2009

"The Killing Fields," a 1984 movie about the wartime life of journalist Dith Pran, explored the horrors inflicted by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. ...more

February 2, 2009

When Tampa hosted its first Super Bowl 25 years ago, the nation snickered at what many considered a small Florida town out of its league in presuming it could host a major sports celebration in the style of Miami, Los Angeles and New Orleans. ...more

February 1, 2009

The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with The New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart. Last month, the store started exclusively selling a Springsteen greatest-hits CD. ...more

February 1, 2009

The $250-million loan by billionaire Carlos Slim to The New York Times Co. is said to be innocent of any motive of influencing U.S. news and opinion. Perhaps that is so, but it would have been better had the question never come up. ...more

February 1, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009

Linda Allen joked that she now wonders what else her staff gets up to when she's not looking. ...more

January 31, 2009