In the Papers

• On West Virginia, of mines and basketball
• "Miracles in a minor key"--post-cancer observations by Dana Jennings
• Is a growth in family time good or evidence of "bad" helicopter parenting?
• Snopes, about the founders of the internet myth-debunking site
• Another touching post by Jane Brody on the loss of her husband
• Life with no facial expressions
• On the "last wife" of Norman Mailer
• Broccoli--can't wait for the summer!
• Friends and parenting styles--
• Bullies and more on bullies, specifically on being their parents
• Unexpected data on divorce and the loss of a pregnancy
• American optimism
• Dowd on the Pope--there have been a few great op-eds by Dowd on this. Really, it's too good to pass up, as the Vatican compares Benedict's recent persecution alternately to that of the Jews and to that of Jesus.
• And finally, a thank you to Mark Bittman, whose wonderfully-titled "Bitten" blog is being subsumed by Diner's Journal. I'll enjoy reading his updates wherever.