By DAVID BROOKS Published: June 28, 2010 NYT The story of Alcoholics Anonymous teaches us about human nature and the kinds of social programs that do and don’t work. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/opinion/29brooks.html

By TARA PARKER-POPE  Published: June 28, 2010 NYT Researchers are reaching out to couples — sometimes online. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/seeking-to-pre-empt-marital-strife/

Internet project to reinforce efforts to reduce oppression of women around the world By James Podgers The ABA is launching a new project that will harness the modern power of the Internet to help counter political forces and cultural traditions that support oppression against women in many societies around the world. The Commission on Sexual Orientation [...]

In her last book Jessica Stern, a terrorism expert goes beyond a calculus of geopolitics and policy to dissect the personal origins of violent extremism, to delve into the ways in which belief, humiliation, and disenfranchisement can be turned to terrorism. In her new work, she examines the roots of her own interest in terrorism, [...]

By PAUL BLOOM Published: May 3, 2010 New York Times Magazine Can they really tell right from wrong? What researchers are cooing about. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html