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Fear & the Flu

The new age of pandemics


 
 
THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON
Train Wreck Ahead?
 
 

JUSTICE

New questions about the CIA's Interrogation Tapes

 
 
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MOVIES

For decades, dedicated fans of 'Star Trek' have postulated a Kirk-Spock romance. A look at 'slash' fiction, 40 years later.

SOCIETY

We need a national system of electronic medical records.

ARCHITECTURE

The Guggenheim was Wright's last great building. What happened to the first?

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart has a unique vantage point for tracking the recession. How it's playing in the grocery aisles.

VIEWPOINT

The author of "Free-Range Kids" on why it's time for us to stop obsessing about childhood dangers and the consequences of every decision we—and other moms—make.

Point of View

Rather than bail out the auto industry, the money should go into a project to produce an electric car.

INTERNATIONAL

A personal visit to a part of India where Mao-spouting armed rebels are the law.

MOVIES

The original 'Star Trek' series dealt with important issues of the day, while the new film is all explosions and action.

SOCIETY

Why some mentally ill patients are rejecting their medication and making the case for 'mad pride.'

HEALTH

Scientists prepare for a more severe strain of influenza that spreads as easily as the swine flu but is as lethal as SARS. 

MEDICINE

Regenerative medicine experts are helping wounded vets regrow lost muscle tissue. Will fingers and limbs be next?

 
MY TURN

Because of Dad's Alzheimer's, I had to come out of the closet twice. We got it right the second time.

 
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TECHNOLOGY

To make Facebook advertiser-friendly, its 'porn cops' delete risqué content and enforce decorum.

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