Our Corrosive Guessing Games
Date: 15 December 2012
By Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni
The media’s insistence on looking far, far into the political future isn’t just silly. It’s damaging.
重播 2012年12月14日星期五
2012年12月14日 是 星期五 星号下的 ♐。 这是一年中的 348 日。 美国总统是 Barack Obama。
如果你出生在这一天，你已经 13 岁了。 您的最后一个生日是 2025年12月14日星期日，173 天前。 2026年12月14日星期一 天后，您的下一个生日是 191。 你已经活了 4,921 天，或者大约 118,110 小时，或者大约 7,086,603 分钟，或者大约 425,196,180 秒。
分享这个生日的一些人：
14th of December 2012 News
2012年12月14日 出现在《纽约时报》头版的新闻
A Fed Focused on the Value of Clarity
Date: 14 December 2012
By Binyamin Appelbaum
Binyamin Appelbaum
A greater appreciation for the virtues of transparency has been one of the most important shifts in central banking in recent decades.
Message, if Murky, From U.S. to the World
Date: 14 December 2012
By Eric Pfanner
Eric Pfanner
The United States’ refusal to sign a global treaty on telecommunications — even though it got most of what it wanted — is seen as taking a stand for Internet freedom.
On Facebook, Bad With the Good
Date: 15 December 2012
By Christina Valhouli
Christina Valhouli
Some say that breaking bad news on Facebook helps both sufferers and their friends, while others find it an inappropriate way to reveal events like divorces.
Wheelies: The Car Soup Edition
Date: 15 December 2012
By The New York Times
Dec. 31 is the target date for finalizing federal regulations that could require rearview cameras in all vehicles.
In Public ‘Conversation’ on Guns, a Rhetorical Shift
Date: 15 December 2012
By Nate Silver
Nate Silver
If the news coverage is any guide, there has been a change of tone in the public conversation about guns. The phrase “gun control” is being used less often, but “gun rights” and the Second Amendment are being invoked more frequently.
The Week in Pictures for Dec. 14
Date: 15 December 2012
By The New York Times
Subjects include the auction of a piano from “Casablanca,” a settlement in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, and a peek behind the scenes at “The Nutcracker.”
Guilty Plea Expected for UBS Unit in Rate-Rigging Case
Date: 14 December 2012
By William Alden
William Alden
The Japanese unit of UBS is expected to plead guilty to a criminal charge in the investigation into rate rigging. | The delay in SolarCity’s I.P.O. didn’t dissuade investors on the company’s first day of trading. | Yahoo continues its effort to remake itself, adding a co-founder of PayPal to its board. | Richard Perry, the hedge fund manager whose firm took a majority stake in Barneys New York, lives in style.
News Quiz | December 14, 2012
Date: 14 December 2012
By Anastasia Economides
Anastasia Economides
See what you know about the news of the day.
Resources: Talking and Teaching About the Shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Date: 14 December 2012
By Katherine Schulten
Katherine Schulten
Some resources from The Times, The Learning Network and around the Web that may help in talking and teaching about this news.