New york times

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.
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<p><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';">I was speechless (and for me that hardly ever happens) when I met </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Valerie Plame Wilson</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> last week at a VIP reception in New York hosted by the </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.womensleadershipexchange.com/"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Women&#39;s Leadership Exchange</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> (WLE)&nbsp;and </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aetna.com/index.htm"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Aetna</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> . You may recall, Valerie is the former </span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cia.gov/"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> CIA </span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> undercover agent whose identity was revealed after her husband, former </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Wilson"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Ambassador Joseph Wilson</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> , wrote an op-ed piece in the </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nyt.com/"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> New York Times</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> criticizing the </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitehouse.org/administration/index.asp"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Bush Administration</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> for the </span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Iraq</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> war and claims that </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein"><span style="font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> Saddam Hussein</span></a><span style="color:black;font-family:'Arial', 'sans-serif';"> was acquiring uranium ore from the African nation of Niger to build nuclear weapons.</span> Read More »

<img style="width:269px;height:360px;" alt="Getty Images" title="Getty Images" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/iNY2Dazi.V2I/photos/5205f19d377e7ccfa29474bfb08fdb16/mr_3899a4d3b09400.jpg?ug_____DxEU9Dj67" height="360" width="269"><br> That's the first question the latest infidelity studies point to. The second is: If you cheated on your spouse, would you even admit it to a researcher?<br> <br> Historically, the male sex gets most of the flak when it comes to infidelity among spouses. But that could be due to those tired old gender roles we're cast in. A recent <em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/health/28well.html?8dpc">New York Times</a></em> report implies that women may simply be more likely to lie about it for that very reason. Research professor of anthropology at Rutgers Helen E. Fisher suggests that, “Men want to think women don’t cheat, and women want men to think they don’t cheat, and therefore the sexes have been playing a little psychological game with each other.” Fun! Read More »