With my son, Joe, I wasn’t fearless. Quite the opposite, I was petrified by how much I loved him.

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Modern Love: Paralysis of the Heart — Modern Love

There are times when being in fun. seems like the opposite. Like when it’s 11 on Saturday morning, and the number of drinks in your bloodstream outnumbers the hours of sleep you’ve clocked on your tour bus, but you’re somehow awake, doing interviews, during which you must explain — for the bazillionth time — why your band chose to spell its name in lowercase letters with a period at the end. Read full article > >

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Suddenly, audiences everywhere want to have fun.

A reporter’s income in 2011 was higher than it was in 2010. Yet his tax rate went down. Wasn’t the opposite supposed to happen?

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Common Sense: In One Man’s Return, the Tax Code’s Unfairness

ST. LOUIS — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney   worked Friday to reassure the nation’s largest gathering of gun owners that he would be an aggressive defender of gun rights if elected president — and that President Obama would be the opposite if he wins a second term. Read full article > >

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Romney tries to reassure NRA that he will aggressively defend gun rights

Most food writers begin their tales with fond reminiscences of the great grub they grew up with: Mom’s Sunday meatballs or the secret recipe for Grandma’s beloved Christmas cookies. Tracie McMillan takes the opposite tack. She grew up in a working-class family in Flint, Mich., eating Ortega taco dinners and salads made with iceberg lettuce and Wish-Bone ranch dressing. The lesson her grandmother taught her was that any meal that took time or money to prepare — or worse, both — was for “fancy” people. Her father called them snobs. Read full article > >

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“The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table” by Tracie McMillan

Eating a diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from ageing while trans fats have the opposite effect, research suggests.

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The Obama administration is intensifying its campaign against an al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia by boosting the number of proxy forces in the war-torn country, expanding drone operations and strengthening military partnerships throughout the region. In many ways, the American role in the long-running conflict in Somalia is shaping up as the opposite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: relatively inexpensive, with limited or hidden U.S. footprints. Read full article > >

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U.S. intensifies its proxy fight against al-Shabab in Somalia

More than six months after the start of the Syrian uprising, Iraq is offering key moral and financial support to the country’s embattled president, undermining a central U.S. policy objective and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into the orbit of an American arch rival — Iran. Iraq’s stance has dealt an embarrassing setback to the Obama administration, which has sought to enlist Muslim allies in its campaign to isolate Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad. While other Arab states have downgraded ties with Assad, Iraq has moved in the opposite direction, hosting official visits by Syrians, signing pacts to expand business ties and offering political support. Read full article > >

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Iraq, siding with Iran, sends essential aid to Syria’s Assad

Can the Defense Department change its ways? That’s the question that comes up as Pentagon leaders face a challenge — the deficit — that, unlike previous military problems, can’t be overcome by throwing money at it. Just the opposite. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) got it right last Tuesday when he called for an “end to the department’s systematic tendency to spend the taxpayers’ money in a manner that is far too often disconnected from what the warfighter actually needs and what is in the taxpayers’ best interest.” Read full article > >

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Defense Department needs to change spending culture

In the previous game, before a raucous crowd at Nationals Park, Jayson Werth did what has come to be expected from him in the first year of his gigantic contract with Washington. He struck out three times — twice looking — against his former team, the Philadelphia Phillies . The third-largest crowd in stadium history booed, which might have caused one to wonder: Were the catcalls coming from fans of his former team or his current one? On Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks , Werth turned in a completely different performance. He collected two hits, including a three-run homer to the opposite field in the fourth inning, to power the Nationals to a 4-1 win behind a strong start from left-hander Ross Detwiler. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Diamondbacks: Jayson Werth sparks Washington past Arizona

Jorge Landeros has taken to taunting the police from his new home in Mexico. The man accused of killing American University accounting professor Sue Marcum sent an e-mail to an El Paso detective recently to say that he wouldn’t come to the United States to answer questions. “Of course you are cordially invited to cross the same bridge, in the opposite direction, and meet me at Sanborn’s, a great cafe and restaurant here in Juarez, and we can talk shop all you want,” Landeros wrote. “It’s best if you come on a Sunday. We can have brunch. It will of course be my treat. Yours, Jorge.” Read full article > >

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Suspect in professor’s killing is out of police’s reach across Mexican border

In the West’s preferred chain of events, airstrikes enable a democratic revolution. One expert expects the opposite.

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News Analysis: A Libyan Fight for Democracy, or a Civil War?

In the United States, Americans feel protected by their Constitution. In Egypt, the opposite can be true.

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Constitution at the center of debate

A technology skeptic argues there is nothing inherently liberating about social networking. Indeed, the opposite may be true.

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Twitter Can’t Save You

A technology skeptic argues there is nothing inherently liberating about social networking. Indeed, the opposite may be true.

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Twitter Can’t Save You