NY Times Magazine
Our Ratings, Ourselves
The Mismeasure of TV
In Houston, a couple of thousand paid volunteers will soon start wearing Portable People Meters. Along with other advances in measuring what we watch and listen to, they may (in addition to transforming what we watch and listen to) finally answer the question: Does advertising really work?
W. Post Magazine
Hard Labor
Susan Ali was determined to give birth to a severely handicapped baby. Her husband was determined to stop her
The 65 percent solution
by George Will
Nationally, 61.5 percent of education operational budgets reach the classrooms. Why make a fuss about 3.5 percent? Because it amounts to $13 billion.
Death by Bureaucracy
Misguided "reform" threatens to destroy nonprofits.
by Heather Higgins
ChoicePoint Top Big Brother Pick
The nominees for the annual Big Brother Awards are in. Leading the pack is ChoicePoint, which sold private data to identity thieves. But Google, the U.S. government and a small California school are also in the running.
AP
Kerry: Trickery Kept Voters From Polls
Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.
AP
Indiana Man Wins 'Village Idiot' Award
The competition was fierce and foolish, but a man who accidentally sawed through a live wire and topped that by wrecking his truck hours after buying it more than earned the honorary title "Village Idiot."
Justice for Life?
The case for Supreme Court term limits.
by Steven Calabresi & James Lindgren
NY Times
'Spamalot' Discovers the Straight White Way
W. Post
Judging Affairs
For only a very few couples, the best way to end an affair is at the altar.
Los Angeles Times
Bono has mission in music and life
