Summit Up 09-05-10: Where television is hated

Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column bored with television. What's wrong with us? The programming is intended to deliver what the audience most craves. But we find ourselves madly flipping through channels through nothing but garbage. Animal Planet, for example, was running nothing but "Pit Boss" from Saturday afternoon until the wee hours of Sunday morning ...

Asian-American Designers Ascend the Fashion Ladder

At the New York Fashion Week that begins on Thursday, many promising new designers are of Asian descent, an important demographic shift on Seventh Avenue.

Some pet procedures were in place ahead of Hurricane Katrina

This week has seen the five-year anniversary of the devastation Hurricane Katrina wrought on New Orleans and its population. Many thoughtful reviews have appeared in the press, on television and online, delving deeply into the history of Katrina, analyzing the natural and man-made components of the disaster, and evaluating the efficacy of our disaster response.

FB generation turns to politics in Singapore

SINGAPORE: It’s tough being an opposition party member in Singapore, but history undergraduate Bernard Chen of the Workers’ Party is unfazed as he meets voters, organises events and attends internal meetings.

Facebook generation turns to politics in Singapore

SINGAPORE—It's tough being an opposition party member in Singapore, but history undergraduate Bernard Chen of the Workers' Party is unfazed as he meets voters, organizes events, and attends internal meetings.

BEN BOVA: It's only science fiction until technology catches up

It seems that whenever somebody disagrees with my opinion, they bring up the fact that I write science fiction.