Saturday, November 29, 2014

Magazine

The New York Times Magazine

Henry Leutwyler for The New York Times

How Chris Christie Did His Homework

The governor of New Jersey became the most celebrated Republican in America by tagging public-sector workers like cops and firefighters — and especially teachers — as 21st-century welfare queens.

Supercolossal Street Art

For the street artist known only as JR, the world is a canvas.

Queen of the Mommy Bloggers

Of all the self-exposing bloggers striving to be heard, Heather Armstrong has emerged as the master of the art and commerce of the overshare.

Multimedia

Interactive Feature: Portraits From a Job-Starved City

A tour through the stores, factories and offices of Rockford, Ill.

Interactive Feature: The 10th Annual Year in Ideas

A high-to-low, silly-to-serious selection of ingenuity and innovation.

Interactive Feature: The Lives They Lived

A collection of narratives that celebrate lives.

Sunday Puzzles

You can now download and print the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine free online. Look below for links to this week’s puzzle as well as answers to last week’s.

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The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now

Fact-Free Science

How the right is using tactics learned from the left to discredit climate change.

The Ethicist

Goodbye

I have written The Ethicist for 12 years: 614 columns. This is my last.

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On Language

The Future Tense

Looking ahead and looking back.

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Phys Ed

Should Children Run Marathons?

One recent study suggests that there is no reason for children to avoid running long distances; another study casts doubt.

Lives

Nice Girls

A bunch of teenagers within hearing range, and not a bully in sight.

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The Medium

Living Singles

Amazon’s newest Kindle creation aims to keep narrative nonfiction alive.

Questions for Lisa Cholodenko

A Figure of Speech

An Oscar-nominated filmmaker prepares for her big moment.

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Food

Recipe Redux: Evelyn Sharpe’s French Chocolate Cake, 1969

This was the first nearly flourless chocolate cake to appear in The Times, more than a decade before most diners took notice of its wonders.

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The Hollywood Issue
Video Gallery: 14 Actors Acting

This year’s great performers striking some of the classic attitudes of cinema.

From the Archive

Newt. Again.

Defeated at the polls, divided over issues and outflanked by the Democrats, Republicans in Congress turn their lonely eyes to ... the former speaker of the House?

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