New York Times on Shine

Would you post a picture of your kid online?

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Freaks. Pedophiles. Kidnappers. These are my thoughts every time I want to post a picture of my son, LBZ online. They are my clanging, internal alarm, warning me about the perils of technology and a world in which my son's innocently posted picture could be...what, exactly?…

Top Chef Wine, New York Times Wine, Who Isn't Selling Wine?

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How do companies leverage their brands, and attempt to boost sales, in a crummy economy? Sell wine! Who knew?

TOP CHEF WINE Remember when we tasted the …

Holy snobbery! Times writer appalled by J.C. Penney's large sizes and "obese" mannequins

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File under reason number 2,947 why we're sick of fashion people: In today's New York Times, style columnist Cintra Wilson (pictured, left) reviews the new Manhattan outpost of mega-chain J.C. Penney and, well, let's just say she does not find it to her liking.

Wilson begins her story by asking why Penney's, which she refers to as both a "perennially square department store" and a "dowdy Middle American entity" would "waddle into Midtown in its big old shorts and flip-flops without even bothering to...

Modern Love Revenge: My Date With the Online Stalker

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By Scott Anderson

From Double X

Early last fall, while I was in Chicago at my sister's wedding, I stepped out of the reception to…

Lipstick Gets The Lead Out

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As those of you who clicked through our Statement Lips feature gleaned a few weeks back, lead has been a popular ingredient for creating the reddest red…

Do virtual friends help our health, too?

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When this New York Times story popped up on my screen yesterday, I was immediately drawn in. The article, a compilation of studies and scientific opinion on how friendships fuel our well-being in marked and sometimes tangible ways, falls right into my own area of interest. I've researched, written, and read with great interest for years about how our social connections help us recover from illnesses, injuries, and trauma. And I've certainly been there, felt the fierce support of my own friends during the toughest of times.

But something else struck me about this article, with its 743 comments that streamed down my stream. I was reading it in the news feed of my Facebook page, there with the status updates, blog posts, breaking news, and mundane details of the hundreds of friends I meet there every day.

A small business lesson I learned from a spy

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I was speechless (and for me that hardly ever happens) when I met <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame"> Valerie Plame Wilson</a> last week at a VIP reception in New York hosted by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.womensleadershipexchange.com/"> Women's Leadership Exchange</a> (WLE) and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aetna.com/index.htm"> Aetna</a> . You may recall, Valerie is the former <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cia.gov/"> CIA </a> undercover agent whose identity was revealed after her husband, former <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Wilson"> Ambassador Joseph Wilson</a> , wrote an op-ed piece in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nyt.com/"> New York Times</a> criticizing the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/index.asp"> Bush Administration</a> for the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html"> Iraq</a> war and claims that <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein"> Saddam Hussein</a> was acquiring uranium ore from the African nation of Niger to build nuclear weapons.