Over my morning coffee , I read the news this week that a battle is brewing between Starbucks and McDonald’s. According to the story, McDonald’s is planning to capitalize on the public’s willingness to pay $4 for a cup of coffee by hiring baristas and dropping espresso machines in 14,000 of their fast-food outlets.
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Memphis: Flood-Weary Residents Go Sightseeing on the River
After weeks of storms and floods, Memphians awoke Tuesday morning to the highest river they’d seen in 74 years. The Mississippi had risen to 48 ft
Tucson Tragedy: The Real Lesson of the Senseless Violence
So much of this story is ugly and twisted that it’s best to begin with something beautiful and good.
On Scene in Abbottabad at Bin Laden’s Last Stand
Sohaib Athar was jolted upright by the low-flying buzz of helicopters passing over his home next to Abbottabad’s Jalal Baba auditorium. In this sedate garrison town ringed by jagged peaks, the gentle thrum of the day is reduced to a whisper by night.
Essay: The Bright Cave Under the Hat
A man in a park in Phoenix showed me how to make a home out of cardboard boxes. Not a home, exactly, but something like a backyard playhouse built by an ingenious child
Cover Story: Asia’s Overscheduled Kids
The “E.M.B.A.” program that kicks off on a Sunday morning in the heart of Shanghai’s financial district is much like any other curriculum designed to train the future business leaders of China.
Amy Chua, ‘Tiger Mother’: Are Demanding Chinese Moms Superior?
Correction appended: Jan. 20, 2011 An editorial cartoon in the Jan.
Golf: Why Tiger Woods’ Swing Overhaul May Hurt His Game
Will Tiger catch Jack?
Does Sarah Palin Want to Be President, or Just Famous?
For the longest time, Sarah Palin was leery of Facebook. Some of the comments left on her page during the 2008 vice-presidential campaign were so withering and unpleasant that it took months of coaxing by her staff and her daughters Bristol and Willow to convince Palin that she should give it another try.
The Brief, Bizarre Start of Berlusconi’s Sex Trial
The television vans had lined up early Wednesday morning. Telephone cables had been laid.