Raise the Rim?
Some of the less-towering players in the N.B.A. are making a name for themselves this season with the "teardrop shot" -- up and over the tallest defenders, all about finesse rather than power and reach. It may be a return to basketball's roots; the g...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Monday, May 20, 2013
What Guilt Does the U.S. Bear in Guatemala?
Guatemala's former dictator, Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, has been convicted of genocide in the slaughter of as many as 200,000 members of indigenous groups during the 1980s in a long bloody fight against the left. But little was said at the trial about ...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Too Drunk to Drive
This week the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering the blood alcohol limit from 0.08 percent -- the measurement now for 13 years -- to 0.05 percent. Is decreasing this number the best way to minimize traffic fatalities?...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Should 501(c)(4)'s Be Eliminated?
The Internal Revenue Service has been harshly criticized for singling out conservative organizations when it investigated which groups were legitimately applying for 501(c)(4) status, which makes them tax exempt, keeps donors confidential and allows ...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
And the Award Goes to...
"Let's salute the notion of joint creativity," said architect Denise Scott Brown last month as she spoke of the Pritzker Prize that eluded her but was given to her husband and partner in 1991. Her brief words inspired a petition. Meanwhile, a local e...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Diversity Without Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a case involving the University of Texas on the use of race and ethnicity in college and university admissions nationwide. California, Florida, Michigan and Washington have already outlawed affirmative ac...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Monday, May 13, 2013
Judging Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
It's been three months since Hillary Clinton stepped down as secretary of state and two years before the presidential campaign for which she is the Democratic front runner before she has even decided whether to run. But House hearings on the terroris...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Serious Investigations, or Partisan Ploys?
Republicans have said the House hearings on Benghazi, which began on Wednesday, will reveal malfeasance worse than Watergate. But Democrats say Republicans are simply trying to embarrass the Obama administration and falsely blame the former secretar...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
At What Age Should Sex Education Begin?
Puberty is moving earlier for both girls and boys, and even for the youngest children, educators now discourage the stork and other myths. So what do kids need to know, and when do they need to know it?...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
More Medicaid, More Health?
A study comparing low-income people in Oregon who received access to Medicaid over the past two years with those who did not, found that those on Medicaid visited doctors and hospitals more often, suffered less from depression and were more financia...
Room For Debate: NY Times
Monday, May 06, 2013
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