February 20, 2008

The actions of a key figure in a controversy over destroyed interrogation tapes show the C.I.A.’s protective instinct.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to begin a full month of staged readings of August Wilson’s 10-play cycle chronicling the lives of African-Americans in the last century.

A program, the Juvenile Justice Initiative, sends medium-risk offenders back to their families and provides intensive therapy.

Economics has got its groove back. Who are the economists doing influential work on crucial questions facing modern society today?

Gov. Jon S. Corzine is weighing eliminating the Department of Personnel and pushing for an early retirement package — not layoffs — to save tens of millions of dollars.