Japan's Shattered Mirror

After centuries of natural and human disasters, the nation has learned that what comes down can be rebuilt.
By IAN BURUMA
Wall Street Journal

Current Status at Fukushima Daiichi

Workers are continuing to struggle to prevent a nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Here's the current status of each of the 6 reactors.
Wall Street Journal

Why Do We Let Them Dress Like That?

Women of a liberated generation wrestle with their eager-to-grow-up daughters—and their own pasts
By JENNIFER MOSES
Wall Street Journal

Friday, March 18, 2011

Amid Nuclear Fears, Some Facts

By JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF, MIHO INADA and RON WINSLOW
Wall Street Journal

The Ultimate Reality Show

The royal wedding is expected to command the biggest audience in TV history. Inside the explosion of movies, talk show coverage and princess shows; 'blue-blood boot camp'
By AMY CHOZICK and CECILIE ROHWEDDER
Wall Street Journal

So Who Gets the Armrest?

Ethics and Etiquette for Bad Behavior, Boors and Stinky Food In Coach at 30,000 Feet
By SCOTT MCCARTNEY

Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami

By ALAN McLEAN, KEVIN QUEALY, MATTHEW ERICSON and ARCHIE TSE. Before/after slider by JASON ALVICH.
New York Times

Why AT&T is hunting down broadband service hogs

Broadband service through AT&T DSL is no longer unlimited. There will soon be a 150 to 250 gigabyte monthly cap on broadband service.
By Matthew Lynley
Christian Science Monitor

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Ides of March: What's an ide anyway? The whole sooth.

Ides of March: What exactly is an ide anyway? An what does it have to do with Julius Caesar?
By Eoin O'Carroll
Christian Science Monitor

Are Israeli Settlers Human?

A family of five slaughtered in their beds. Some Palestinians call it 'natural.'
By BRET STEPHENS

Is Happiness Overrated?

Study Finds Physical Benefits to Some (Not All) Good Feelings
By SHIRLEY S. WANG

Monday, March 14, 2011

Online readership and ad revenue overtake newspapers

Reporting by Jennifer Saba, editing by Maureen Bavdek)
Reuters

The Creature Connection

By NATALIE ANGIER
New York Times

Nuclear Overreactions

Modern life requires learning from disasters, not fleeing all risk.
Wall Street Journal

China's Fiscal Legerdemain

Mountains of bad loans have been shifted within the banking system, putting off the day of reckoning
By EDWARD CHANCELLOR
Wall Street Journal

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Digital Pileup

By SHELLEY PODOLNY
New York Times

How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

By JOE BURGESS, JONATHAN CORUM, AMANDA COX, MATTHEW ERICSON, XAQUÍN G.V., ALAN McLEAN, TOMOEH MURAKAMI-TSE, HAEYOUN PARK, GRAHAM ROBERTS, AMY SCHOENFELD, ARCHIE TSE, JOE WARD and JEREMY WHITE
New York Times

Map of the Damage From the Japanese Earthquake

By MATTHEW BLOCH, AMANDA COX, BILL MARSH, ALAN McLEAN, TOMOEH MURAKAMI TSE, HAEYOUN PARK and AMY SCHOENFELD
New York Times