A new CBS/NYT poll gives Dubya a job approval rating of 42 per cent -- one of the lowest of his presidency. And Americans are giving Congress an even poorer grade.

Since Terri Schiavo died on March 31, interest in living wills remains in the United States.

The NYT says many people who intervened in the Terri Schiavo case thinking they were saving a sentient human being have some apologizing to do.

The NYT's David Brooks on how the notion of middlebrow culture has eroded in the U.S.

A catch-up posting of NYT media stuff.