Recently added articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA):
Two views, one of them respectful, of Garibaldi.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Carlin Romano "Garibaldi: Citizen of the World" by Alfonso Scirocco, translated by Alan Cameron; Princeton University Press ($35) "Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero" by Lucy Riall; Yale University Press ($35) ___ Goodbye, Columbus, ...
Sony's e-book, a few glitches yet pretty nifty.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Frank Wilson In July, when I went on vacation, I decided to take along the essays of Michel de Montaigne _ all of them, in a single volume running to 3,271 pages. A heavy and unwieldy choice, right? Not at all. The whole thing fitted nicely into a packet less than half ...
Germany's Turks provide a lesson on immigration.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jonathan V. Last Immigration reform has fallen off the public agenda, for now. It's just as well. For wealthy, prosperous countries, immigration is not a problem to be fixed; it is a continuing condition to be continually managed. So as we move the topic to the back of ...
Ending of HIV vaccine trial jolts industry.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Karl Stark PHILADELPHIA _ It wasn't a definitive blow, but it sure sent shock waves through the AIDS world when Merck & Co. Inc. decided late last month to pull its HIV vaccine trial. Merck had assembled the latest thinking on a 20-year quest to attack the ...
Fasting during Ramadan makes some Muslims `more contemplative'.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: David O'Reilly PHILADEPHIA _ If the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is a time of fasting, what are those fragrant aromas wafting through the halls and up the stairs of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship mosque in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood? Some hint of ...