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A Brief History of the Appalachian Trail

Mark Sanford’s confession to adultery may be roiling South Carolina and traumatizing his family, but it’s bequeathed to the rest of us a handy new euphemism for sneaking in a little romance on the sly: hiking the Appalachian Trail. That was the original reason given by Sanford’s staff for his unexplained six-day absence from the state’s capital — an explanation whose credibility evaporated when the governor resurfaced, not from an extended nature walk but a covert sojourn to Buenos Aires, where his mistress lives

Iranian Politics: Watching ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in Tehran

On June 23, Iranian security forces, reportedly using live ammunition, clashed with protesters numbering in the hundreds in the area of the country’s parliament in Tehran. At the same time, there were indications that a behind-the-scenes struggle was intensifying in the corridors of power even as the government continued its campaign to quiet the populace through propaganda and entertainment.

Iraqi Immigrants: Refugees in a Land of No Opportunity

At night, Aysar Jaber listens to her 11-year-old son scream in his sleep in the family’s Phoenix, Ariz., apartment, plagued by nightmares about violence in his native Iraq. Jaber has nighmares of her own.

A Genetic Link Between Anorexia and Autism?

At the Eating Disorders Unit at the Maudsley Hospital in London, anorexia is not seen as a social disorder — or even primarily a psychological one. While most American treatment providers blame perfection-seeking parents and the media’s idealization of hollow-cheeked actresses for eating disorders , researchers at Maudsley believe the root cause has little to do with social pressure.

Injured Nadal faces tough Wimbledon test

Defending champion Rafael Nadal has been given a tough draw for Wimbledon as the decides whether to compete in the grass court grand slam.

Advice for Coddling Parents: Put Baby to Bed Alone

Entire volumes have been written about the subject of infant sleep — getting babies to sleep, keeping them asleep, making sure their sleep environment is safe. One topic of continued debate among parents is co-sleeping, or bed-sharing, a common practice in countries outside the U.S. Fueled by increasing evidence, however, more pediatricians and sleep experts are dissuading parents from sharing a bed or a bedroom with their babies, recommending instead that babies be allowed to learn how to fall asleep and stay asleep on their own.

What Is Mormonism? A Baptist Answer

Richard Land, the head of the gigantic Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and its most influential political operative, has dived headlong into what has become a favorite Baptist parlor game: What exactly is a Mormon? It’s a question that has special significance right now, since it relates to how religious conservatives regard the Mormon candidate Mitt Romney.

Guns, Germs and Recession: The Curse on Mexican Tourism

It was the last image the Mexican government wanted from one of its sunny seaside resorts.

Larks and Owls: How Sleep Habits Affect Grades

There are at least a few in every college dorm: students who seem to exist in their own time zone, in bed hours before everyone else and awake again at daybreak, rested and prepared for the morning’s first lecture. Sleep researchers refer to these early risers as larks , and new data presented this week at the annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies suggest that a student’s preferred sleeping schedule has a lot to do with his or her grade-point average in school. In one study, psychologists at Hendrix College in Arkansas found that college freshmen who kept night-owl hours had lower GPAs than early birds.

24 hurt in Hong Kong’s third acid attack in 6 months

Authorities in Hong Kong were reviewing surveillance tapes Tuesday to determine who tossed a bottle of acid from the top of a building, injuring 24 pedestrians in a busy shopping district.