Philosophy

The roots traditions that inform Tift Merritt's music are simple and straightforward, but her results are rarely predictable. Beyond the eclectic flavors of rock and soul that regularly sneak into her work, she has recently taken a challenging turn,...

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

There are no dugouts or bleachers on the baseball field at Weaver High School. There is one aluminum bench on the visitors' side for players, and two benches on the home side. Portions of the metal chain-link fence in front of the benches are curled up,...

Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...

A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. Clark E. Parker, who sits on the South Coast Air Quality...

Larry Bossidy was never the CEO of a Connecticut-based company, but he's been a big force in business here and elsewhere for decades at General Electric, Allied Signal, Honeywell International and lately, as a board member at Berkshire Bank, which owns...

The Neag School of Education is hosting workshops to provide training in school crisis planning and response. Hosted by the Neag School and Dean Thomas DeFranco and co-sponsored through the Connecticut Association of School Psychologists (CASP), the...

Children in the three-year-old class at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford recently celebrated their year- long study of trees with a tree planting ceremony. The interest in trees emerged from the children at the beginning of the year...

May 17 (Reuters) - Ever wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first "Harry Potter" novel? Fans of books about the boy wizard will have a chance to bid on a unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's...

(Reuters) - Ever wondered what went through author J.K. Rowling's mind when she wrote the first "Harry Potter" novel? Fans of books about the boy wizard will have a chance to bid on a unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,"...

Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Two of the women imprisoned in a Cleveland house in conditions described as similar to a prisoner of war camp suffered from severe malnutrition and will require long-term therapy for injuries such as hearing loss and joint and muscle...