The New York Times

By JIM DWYER

We interrupt coverage of the collapse of just about everything in sight to bring truly shocking news about the seven-digit numbers recently posted in chain restaurants. Read More…

By CLYDE HABERMAN
Here they go again, the politicians, looking to capitalize on human frailty.

With his tax proposals this week, Gov. David A. Paterson joined a long line of New York leaders who have counted on self-wounding, even self-destructive, behavior to help them dig out of Read More…

Op-Ed Columnist
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
When the human body was evolving, almost the only things we drank were breast milk for the first few years and then water, water and more water.

It would obviously have been bad if we had evolved to feel full when water was sloshing about our stomachs because then we wouldn’t have eaten our fill the next time we speared a mastodon. Today, the unfortunate result is Read More…

By Dave Canfield
The Record

Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget released Tuesday includes among 88 new or increased fees and placed an 18 percent levy on all non-diet sodas, as well as other drinks composed of less than 70 percent real fruit juice. Read More…