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For more than 300 years, investigative journalism has been a driving force in the American reform tradition. Now a collection of these articles has been assembled by a Knight-Ridder editor and a New York University journalism professor. In Muckraking: The Journalism That Changed America, Judith and William Serrin include passionately written material published from mid-1700… [Continue Reading]
Netbooks aren’t as capable, but are smaller and cheaper than a PC The small netbooks are lightweight, less expensive than a PC, and can fit into a handbag or a briefcase. More than 11 million consumers bought one for as little as $269 in 2008, and prices may continue to fall. PC makers say notebook… [Continue Reading]
There’s a reason why you go to the store for one item and come back with five or six. Shopping boosts your mood and makes you feel good. That’s the conclusion of Gregory Burns, author of “Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment” (Henry Holt). Burns writes that “recreational shopping” and “retail therapy” have a… [Continue Reading]