April 3, 2009

The publication of Beckett’s letters, both brilliant and humanly forthcoming, is an elating cultural moment.

Some leading lawmakers and military analysts are suggesting that splitting a $35 billion contract between Boeing and EADS-Northrop Grumman may be the only way to break an impasse.

Foreign investors’ typical strategy — pump capital into a developer, encourage it to buy land, then wait for a big I.P.O. — went badly awry.

More than three years after an immigration detainee died in custody, the mere fact of his death was hard to confirm.

Severe declines in real estate values are helping buyers who were previously priced out: middle-class families with steady jobs.