Opinion Today: Plato's Pop Cultural Problem, and Ours

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August 30, 2010 Opinion Today

The Stone Plato's Pop Cultural Problem, and Ours By ALEXANDER NEHAMAS Scratch the surface of any attack on the popular arts and you will find Plato's criticisms of poetry. ADVERTISEMENT Living Rooms What's Cooking in Kitchen Design? By ALEXANDRA LANGE How the kitchen went from service space to entertainment central. The Thread A Republican Comes Out of the Closet By TOBIN HARSHAW On the right side of the blogosphere, sympathy for Ken Mehlman. On the left, not so much. Room for Debate How Big Is the G.O.P. Tent? By THE EDITORS Is the tension between fiscal and social conservatives detrimental to the Republican Party? Bloggingheads Bad Food Culture Kate MacKenzie of City Harvest and Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason debate the problem of inner-city malnutrition. Schott's Vocab Welcome Home By BEN SCHOTT This weekend, co-vocabularists have generously shared their happiest words in the English language. ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Conscience of a Liberal Munchau on Germany By PAUL KRUGMAN Dead cats bouncing. On the Ground Obama and the Mess in Sudan By NICHOLAS KRISTOF Some more thoughts, and reader comments, on my column about President Obama and his failures in Sudan. Dot Earth Report Calls for 'Fundamental Reform' of Climate Panel By ANDREW C. REVKIN The world's leading scientific academies prepare to deliver their critique of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Freakonomics on NYTimes.com The authors Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner and guest contributors blog about the hidden side of the economy. Read More » Today's Columns Paul Krugman: It's Witch-Hunt Season Ross Douthat: Mr. Beck Goes to Washington ADVERTISEMENT

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