A teen in southern Sweden posted an online threat, saying he would carry out a German-style massacre at his school, police said Thursday. It would be tempting to put this down to Taliban propaganda except one of Kabul’s top cops is saying the same thing.
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Redefining Crazy: Researchers Revise the ‘DSM’
If you wanted to make a list of important books you should read, what would you choose?
Natasha Bedingfield has designs on marriage
It’s a good time to be British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. The U.S. has embraced her music (her latest album, “Pocketful of Sunshine,” reached gold status).
Is It Less Stressful to Get Laid Off Than Stay?
It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a consolation drink. But which side deserves the sympathy more, the jobless or the still employed
Connecticut’s Chris Dodd Faces a Backyard Rebellion
In many respects, Senator Chris Dodd is more powerful than ever on Capitol Hill these days. After enduring eight years in the political wilderness, the Connecticut Democrat is one of his ascendant party’s senior statesmen, someone who endorsed Barack Obama early on in his presidential campaign and hails from a solidly blue state.
Dow slumps as AIG notches record loss
Wall Street’s benchmark Dow Jones index plunged Monday to close at levels not seen since 1997 — after U.S. insurance giant AIG revealed monumental quarterly losses of $62 billion. AIG’s results came hours after the U.S
Markets routed as AIG reveals $62B loss
Global stock markets were reeling Monday as U.S. insurance giant AIG revealed a monumental quarterly loss of $62 billion and UK bank HSBC announced a huge slump in profits. AIG’s announcement came hours after the U.S.
Why Parents (Still) Don’t Matter
Dangerous. Misguided. Untenable.
Revolutionary Road Finds Readers, If Not Viewers
Bleak. That’s always been the rap against American novelist Richard Yates. Though he has been celebrated as a writer’s writer and a consummate craftsman since his death in 1992, even his admirers found his work depressing.
Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned?
Is it possible to cultivate genius? Could we somehow structure our educational and social life to produce more Einsteins and Mozarts — or, more urgently these days, another Adam Smith or John Maynard Keynes? How to produce genius is a very old question, one that has occupied philosophers since antiquity