Women of Note
Elaine Soloway's Widow Series: Sunday Breakfast, Minus One
The New Series: After Tommy died, I halted our Sunday routine and stayed away from Dapper's, our usual breakfast place, believing it would be too painful for me to enter without him. But this Sunday, I had to shop at Target in the same mall as the restaurant, so I figured it'd be a good opportunity to test a revisit. more »
The GAO Looks At Airline Competition: Do You Know What 'Capacity Restraint' Means? Bet You Do
Since 2007, there have been four major airline mergers. Baggage and reservation change fees collected by US airlines increased from about $1.4 billion in 2007 to $6 billion in 2012. Unlike prior recoveries when airline capacity growth undermined the ability to charge profitable fares, airlines since 2009 have restrained capacity growth even though demand for air travel has risen with the economic recovery. more »
For a Respected Prosecutor, An Unpardonable Failure
In the late eighties, James Leeper was a fast-rising prosecutor known for his fairness and loyalty. Decades later, his alleged misconduct in the Jonathan Fleming case has shocked colleagues and adversaries alike. Fleming, 27, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. It took 24 years, but eventually it became clear that there had been much more to Fleming's alibi defense, and that Leeper had failed to disclose it to the jury. more »
"Give Your Ideas Some Legs": Study Finds Creative Output Increases When Walking
The overwhelming majority of the participants in these three experiments were more creative while walking than sitting, the study found. In one of those experiments, participants were tested indoors — first while sitting, then while walking on a treadmill. The creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when the person was walking, according to the study. A fourth experiment evaluated creative output by measuring people's abilities to generate complex analogies to prompt phrases. more »