Opinion Today: The Meat Eaters

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September 20, 2010 Opinion Today

The Stone The Meat Eaters By JEFF MCMAHAN Would the controlled extinction of carnivorous species be a good thing? Living Rooms The Geometry of Sprawl By CHRISTOPH GIELEN and GEOFF MANAUGH What can be gained from studying community design from high above. ADVERTISEMENT The Thread Hot Tea, Cool G.O.P. By TOBIN HARSHAW Party elders fret that the Delaware primary may cost Republicans the Senate. It is possible that they're just snobs? Room for Debate Can Speech Be Limited for Public Workers? By THE EDITORS Should a New Jersey transit worker be fired for burning a Koran in his off-duty hours? Bloggingheads 'Mad Men' Anachronisms John McWhorter of The New Republic and Benjamin Zimmer of The New York Times discuss the language of "Mad Men." Dot Earth A 10 Year Checkup on Global Goals By ANDREW C. REVKIN Leaders prepare to grade themselves on global development targets set 10 years ago. Schott's Vocab Left-Handed Smoke-Shifters By BEN SCHOTT This weekend, co-vocabularists have generously shared fool's errands. ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Conscience of a Liberal Have You Left No Sense of Decency? By PAUL KRUGMAN Why the rich feel it's OK to whine. On the Ground Notes From a Young American in Congo: Caffeine! By AMY ERNST Guest blogger Amy Ernst writes for Nicholas Kristof about her caffeine needs while living and working in Congo. Evaluations Palin the Front-Runner? By ROSS DOUTHAT No, she isn't. 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: The Angry Rich Ross Douthat: The Pope and the Crowds ADVERTISEMENT

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