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Robert Chambers, 62, wanted to??scale back his work hours and responsibility. So he left his career in computer services and began selling cars, seeing it as a fun way to stay as busy as he wanted while generating some income. But he quickly grew disillusioned with his new job. "I got sick of watching guys high-five behind glass walls" after they had bullied someone "who probably makes $10 an hour" into overpaying, he says...
...last thing our country needs is another issue to??divide us, to pit red against blue, conservative vs. progressive, and yet there it is, stacked up on every dresser: the penny. It's a symbol of thrift and Americana that also happens to be an incredible annoyance; 58% of Americans stash pennies instead of spending them like real money. And while the debate over the penny's demise has raged for decades on the fringes of society (thanks to an Arizona Congressman, a part-time lobbying group and a biophysics grad student), recent events have caused this fight to spill...
Thank you for drawing attention to??the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, perhaps the world's most neglected humanitarian crisis [June 5]. Fewer than 2% of the deaths in the conflict are due to violent acts, while almost three-quarters are due to easily preventable infectious diseases and malnutrition. Our survey, which was mentioned in your story, found that when security is assured, death rates plummet. Halting the fighting would allow medical clinics to function, food production to recommence, markets to operate and people to return home from unsanitary refugee camps. The impact on public health is clear...
Wouldn't it be more effective to??track only the calls of suspected al-Qaeda members, rather than the millions of calls made daily in the U.S.? In the forest of all that data, we're much more likely to miss something important...
...relieved to??know that it's possible to have a nonawkward conversation with Curtis Sittenfeld. In fact, she answers the door of her sunny apartment in downtown Philadelphia with actual aplomb. Sittenfeld has a dramatically curvy nose, dark straight hair and a loud, appealing laugh. Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy--she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor. So far, you would never know that you were visiting the home of the Faulkner of awkwardness...