Obama brings together Leaders of Ghana

We have a choice: Old Babylon or modern Ghana?

  The rights of responsible citizens must first be protected On December 2006, the long trial of a defiant despot came to an end when American soldiers collaborated with Iraqi legal powers to end the life of a ruler, whose crimes were so much that the world was not exactly sure which one he was [...]

The Whining Road to Straighter Teeth

  By MICHELLE SLATALLA THINGS have gotten a little out of control around here lately in the orthodontics department. Hadley Hooper There is constant whining about how much the braces hurt. Paraphernalia — the floss, the wax, the tiny toothbrushes with the extra-soft bristles — litter the bathroom counter. And there are frequent demands for [...]

Dress Rehearsal

  By PHILIP GALANES   My cousin and I have always been close. She came for a visit recently, and admired a dress in my closet. The next day, it was gone. When I asked if she had seen it, she said she hadn’t. Then I found it in her bag.   Christoph Niemann She [...]

A Stoppard Takes the Stage on the Other Side of the Script

  Andrew Testa for The New York Times Ed Stoppard is appearing in the West End in “Arcadia,” a play written by his father, Tom. By PATRICK HEALY Published: July 29, 2009 LONDON — Among Ed Stoppard’s most vivid childhood memories were family outings to the opening nights of plays by his famous father, Tom: [...]

Personal Anxieties, and Strife at Home

  By KEN JAWOROWSKI   Among the plays in Series A of Summer Shorts 3 are a one-woman show, a chaotic comedy, a piercing drama and a musical set in 1913. If seeing a variety of works is high on your list of priorities, you may be pleased. If overall quality is your yardstick, however, [...]

Funny People (2009)

Movie Review   Tracy Bennett/Universal Pictures "Funny People," with Adam Sandler, left, and Seth Rogen. By MANOHLA DARGIS   Comedy is always serious business, whether the joke is on the funnyman with the pie in the kisser or the woman trying, really trying, to fall for the schnook who didn’t use the condom. “Funny People,” [...]

A Superhero in a Prism, Antiheroes in Deep Focus

  Andy Kubert/DC Comics Batman has a proposal for Catwoman in Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?,” which offers multiple views of its hero’s mythology. By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES   The cartoonist Darwyn Cooke is an extraordinary talent. He had already proven himself to superhero fans with a taut psychological [...]