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Mind Your P's And F's
by Daniel Engber, Slate
How Pilipinos became Filipinos in the Philippines.

On Bigfoot's Trail
by Stacey Chase, Boston Globe
Loren Coleman chases legendary beasts, from the Loch Ness Monster to the Abominable Snowman to Bigfoot, that science has never been able to verify but that make even skeptics wonder: What if?

Is Freedom Just Another Word For Many Things To Buy?
by Barry Schwartz, Hazel Rose Markus and Alana Conner Snibbe, New York Times
To govern well, both at home and abroad, Americans would be wise to listen to how freedom rings in different cultural contexts.

What Drives A New York Cabbie? The Stories.
by Michael Powell, Washington Post
NEW YORK BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Getting Over Happiness
by Rebecca Traister, Salon
Psychologist Steven Hayes says the American obsession with feeling good is preventing us from living good — and that living life to the fullest means a lot of pain.

Thought For Thinkers
by Gareth Cook, Boston Globe
Scientists have some remarkable new advice for anyone who is struggling to make a difficult decision: Stop thinking about it.

After Turkey And Potatoes, A Trip To N.Y. Is A Piece Of Cake
by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Their holiday travel plans went against common sense — and worked perfectly.

Bedroom Blogger, 16, Takes On Animal Rights Protesters
by Robert Booth, The Guardian
Backed by top scientists, teenager who dropped out of school leads Oxford lab tests fightback.

Amid Revelry, Evidence Of City's Cruel Transformation
by Adam Nossiter, New York Times
I was struck by the sight of people, hanging out in the street, in a dry zone by the river on one of those days. Then the people were gone, and the city was empty.

Eating For Credit
by Alice Waters, New York Times
Schools should not just serve food; they should teach it in an interactive, hands-on way, as an academic subject.

To Keep Twins In Same Class, Parents Seek Legislators' Help
by Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
Parents of twins and triplets are challenging longstanding and, they say, outmoded educational practices that often require their children to be separated in classrooms, in part to foster their independence.

The Animal In You
by Charles Mudede, The Stranger
This is why it took the lawmakers of Washington — a very conventional breed of men and women — 117 years to ban a practice that has no political support.

The Seekers
by Jarrett Murphy, Village Voice
The birth and life of the '9-11 Truth movement.'

Tons Of Trouble
by David Neiwert, Seattle Weekly
Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be eas. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

French Leave
by Adam Gopnik, The Guardian
Bohemian yet bourgeois, Paris is a city of contradictions. No wonder American artists have always been dazzled by it.

A Book For People Who Love Numbers
by Sam Roberts, New York Times
Richard Sutch and Susan Carter don't expect anybody to take their new book to the beach. For starters, it weighs 29 pounds.

Madison Avenue Is Still Seeking Its Olympic Star
by Karen Crouse, New York Times
For Madison Avenue, the face of the United States that has emerged from these Games is an unattractive sell of bad manners and poor sports.

On Buying Wines Of A Certain Age — At A Certain Age
by David Stewart, Washington Post
My lengthy romance with wine was not over. There would be other vintages, young and sprightly, full-bodied and generous. But to know that Chateau Cheval Blanc would one day go on without me was, briefly but infinitely, depressing.

Table Manners
by Alison Arnett, Boston Globe
A tale of long waits, cellphone yakkers, no-reservations policies, bar stool hogs, and other dining pet peeves.

Ripples In A Finger Bowl
by Alex Witchel, New York Times
That's when the scolding began. Because I, veteran of hundreds of New York dinner parties (it only feels like thousands) did not recognize a finger bowl.

Wherefore The Doube-Double?
by Joe Christiano, Los Angeles Times
A family feud has left In-N-Out Burger, that iconic Wesern enterprise, at a crossroads. Will it still be ours if its bright yellow arrow points east?

Libraries Begin Uncertain New Chapter
by Chris Alden, The Guardian
With internet companeis becoming more involved in digitising content, what role does the public library have in today's web-driven society?

Bird Flu Fears Coop Up London's Famous Ravens
by Mary Jordan, Washington Post
The fear of bird flu has done what Luftwaffe bombings, blizzards, assassinations and abdications could not, forcing the Tower of London's ravens to be moved inside in isolation for their own safety and to hedge Britain's bets on the future of the crown.

A First-Time Oscar Host In Search Of That Fine Line
by Jacques Steinberg, New York Times
Mr Stewart has, at least for one night, signed on to lead the stablishment's ultimate talent show, transforming himself from class clown to head of the class, and from Hollywood outsider to A-list insider.

Lost In Translation
by David Answen and Ramin Setoodeh, Newsweek
Great films, bad box office. In the era of globalization, why can't foreign movies catch a break?

The Lady Vanishes — Yet Again
by Marjorie Rosen, Los Angeles Times
Buzz-worthy female roles are suddenly in short supply. Chalk it up to a cultural shift, or maybe an unfair fight.

Who You Callin' Ungrammatical?
by Jan Freeman, Boston Globe
Whom is disappearing from the English language, usage writers have been saying for more than a century — but it isn't gone yet.

Prize Pupil
by Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post
Wanda Hill has helped hundreds of minority students get into expensive boarding schools. Now all she wants is to see one of her last proteges — a boy who was abused and denied an education — graduate.

The Story Of O's
by Rob Walker, New York Times
It's not what marketers can imagine their product doing, but what consumers apparently believe.

Time For The Last Post
by Trevor Butterworth, Financial Times
As with any revolution, we must ask whether we are being sold a naked emperor. Is blogging really an information revolution?

Leisure Overload? Nothing Doing.
by Neely Tucker, Washington Post
The downside to more downtime is the hard work it takes to use it up.

Area Code, Sweet Area Code
by Maggie Master, New York Times
Like a rear-windshield decal or an old college T-shirt, a cellphone number has become as much a part of an identity as a Social Security number.

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
by Tim Harford, Slate
The economic case for polygamy.

Mr. Fix-It
by Edward Ericson Jr., Baltimore City Paper
"I started having questions, like, Should I use the world 'seemingly'? I was reading Congo by Michael Crichton. I wondered, Did Crichton use 'seemingly'?"

For Many, Olympic Quests Come To Crashing End
by Bob Hohler, Boston Globe
A new use has emerged for the Olympic flag: Shielding the fractured bodies of world-class athletes as rescuers cart them to ambulances and Medivac choppers from their frozen fields of dreams.

Turn Off The Heat — How Japan Made Energy Saving An Art Form
by Anthony Faiola, The Guardian
With opinion polls showing that more than three-quarters of Japanese people view energy conservation as a personal responsibility, many are willing to pay.

First Thing First: Have Breakfast
by Leigh Belanger, Boston Globe
While the coffee-and-doughnut breakfast has its place, and nutritionists admit it's better than nothing, a full breakfast sets the tone for the day.

Confessions Of A Sleep Eater
by Garrison Keillor, Salon
My name is Gary, and I eat White Castle cheeseburgers while snoring.

Call Me Digital
by Jennifer Howard, Chronicle Of Higher Education
Technology is reshaping literary scholarship on Herman Melville through recovering of his lost annotations.

Attention Avid Shoppers: A High-End Complex Opens Its Doors
by Matthew Rusling, New York Times
The event has drawn everyone from tourists to the fashion-obsessed, and on this crisp, sunny Saturday morning, the line outside stretches down the long block.

The Kiss Of Life
by Joshua Foer, New York Times
Since it's Valentine's Day, let's dwell for a moment on the profoundly bizarre activity of kissing. Is there a mroe expressive gesture in the human repertoire?

A Rose By Any Other Color...
by Michael Stunz, Washington Post
And I love you.

Tinly Snokum-Bear Wuvs Her Ginormous Huggy Waffle For Always And Ever. XXX
by Anna Pickard, The Guardian
I'm not saying it's a bad thing to be in love, or even to be romantic. But why do we need to be told how to do it?

The Oldest Line In The World
by Sebnem Arsu, New York Times
It is as tiny as the sleekest mobile phones that fit in the palm of the hand, but its message is anything but modern. A small tablet in a special display this month in th eIstanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient is thought to be the oldest love poem ever found, the words of a lover from more than 4,000 years ago.

On The Mater Of Size
by Kent Sepkowitz, Slate
How long is the average penis? As a Valentine's Day gift, I shall solve the mystery.

The Objects Of Our Affection
by Salon
From preppy perfume to Portuguese love songs, six writers share the Valentine's Day goodies that really get their hearts racing.

You Hate Me, You Really Hate Me
by Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times
When I began visiting book clubs after my first novel was published, I found that my experiences were not the estrogen-suffused love fests I'd envisioned.

A Bed Of Roses
by Stephanie Booth, Washington Post
He was a combat soldier in Iraq. She was a divorced mom in California. They flirted, fell in love, committed... and then they met in the flesh.

The Same Sex Scene: A Serosorting Story
by Christopher Heredia, San Francisco Chronicle
Dating within HIV positive or negative population has reduced the HIV infection rate in San Francisco. It also allows for an intimacy previously missing.

What's So Hot About 50?
by Daphne Merkin, New York Times
Sex and the boomer is not booming.

Eats Shoots, Leaves And Much of Zoos' Budgets
by Brenda Goodman, New York Times
The real stickerr shock comes from the annual fees that Zoo Atlanta must pay the Chinese government, $2 million a year, essentially to rent a pair of giant pandas.

The Coffee Trail
by Juan Forero, New York Times
now, local businessmen and hacienda owners — who for the last decade have made the region a vibrant tourism destination for colombia's middle class — are trying to lure visitors from abroad by touting the beauty of its rolling hills, venerable coffee farms and row after row of shimmering coffee bushes.

Performance Anxiety
by Steve Lowery, OC Weekly
What's great sex when everybody's having great sex?

For Your Type, Keep Typing
by Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times
Vegetarians, pet fanciers, truckers, Buddhists and goths — to name a few — are looking for love in all the specialized places, as niche dating websites multiply.

Can You Fear Me Now?
by Bryan Curtis, Slate
The cell phone goes frm annoying to evil.

When Good Comedians Go Bad
by Stephanie Zacharek, Salon
Remember when Steve Martin, Albert Brooks and Woody Allen were funny? What on earth happened to our favorite funnymen?

Sweet Surrender
by Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times
From San Diego to Sonoma, artisan chocolatiers are coming into their own. L.A.? That's where the mavericks are.

Chocolate That Flashes Its Passport
by Kim Severson, New York Times
So it has come to this. Chocolate, a comfortable world that for many people exists between the downscale joy of a Kit Kat bar and the exhilaration of a well-made ganache, now requires a sommelier.

Valentine's Day Poetry
by Robert Pinsky, Slate
Love isn't always pretty.

He Says Lingerie, I Say Underwear
by Michelle Slatalla, New York Times
Forced to live in an era when underwear has become outewear, thanks to the legacy of Madonna, I teeter on the brink of Valentine's Day — the official kickoff date of my annual underwear upgrade season — and wonder: Is there anything out there that would satisfy everyone in my marriage?

Don't Believe The Hype. We're Still No. 1
by Charles Krauthammer, Time
What the doomsayers don't say: America is a marvel of creativity.

A Legacy Of Joy To The Last Note
by John Feinstein, Washington Post
"Your father is Martin Feinstein and you spend your time at basketball games? Don't you understnd who he is?"

Credit Card Sharks
by Jim Sollisch, Washington Post
Many consumers might still be better off owing a loan shark money than a credit card company. Here are seven ruthless practices that credit card issuers engage in and loan sharks don't.

Looking For The Lie
by Robin Marantz Henig, New York Times
The liar stereotype exists in just about every culture, and its persistence "would be less puzzling if we had more reason to image that it was true." What is true, instead, is that there are as many ways to lie as there are liars; there's no such thing as a dead giveaway.

Guy Walks Into A Bar
by Nicolas Kulish, New York Times
Call me a hard-liner or party pooper, but I say 21 means 21. No more babies in bars.

Penn Jillette
by Bryan Curtis, Slate
The magician-comedian-writer's secrets revealed!

Will Boys Be Boys?
by Ann Hulbert, Slate
Why the gender lens may not shed light on the latest educational crisis.

Effort To Save Maine Salmon Is Losing Ground
by Beth Daley, Boston Globe
Five years after the federal government declared Atlantic salmon endangered in Maine, the fish continue to vanish despite a rescue effort that so far has cost taxpayers at least $20 million, and scientists are fearful that they are witnessing an extinction unfold.

Under A Big Umbrella, But What Else Do They Share?
by Alan Cowell, New York Times
Every so often, the British like to ask themselves what it is that makes them British. And just as often, they seem to conclude that if you need to ask, you cannot really know.

The Romance Of Business Travel And Other Myths
by Francine Parnes, New York Times
Who needs industry statistics about airplane orders and hotel occupancy rates when the beleaguered business people who are sitting in the planes and sleeping in the hotels are testing another kind of boundary: the limits of humiliation, weirdness, fear and revulsion?