In the Tables for Two column, we seek to savor all aspects of dining out in New York. Here are some of my favorite expeditions of the past year.

Instead of leaving the office early, elite Muscovites are taking their offices on the road.

The rifle that today's infantry uses is little changed since the 1960s—and it is badly flawed. Military lives depend on these cheap composites of metal and plastic. So why can't the richest country in the world give its soldiers better ones ...

Latest drama follows The Interview's Christmas opening—which earned $1 million.

Airlines that charge fees for things like leg room, checked bags, and WiFi have a financial interest in making basic economy an intolerable experience.

Now we know, reality TV can have a profound effect.

“Rudolph” is fifty years old this winter, and I have watched it every year of my life. When you’ve seen something that often, it demands new reactions.

Just a few gigabits per second seem to have taken the country offline.

Firefox is famous for its addons, and for good reason: they can make your browser do just about anything. But which addons are the most useful? Here are the addons we think are best, what they do, and where you can find them.

Experts weigh in on what to take away from the devastation of the disease.

It is reasonable to wonder why the Nigerian government has failed so miserably at retrieving the girls and protecting its own people from Boko Haram.

It’s in activists’ interests to destroy their own causes by focusing on the most controversial cases and principles, the ones that muddy the waters and make people oppose them out of spite. And it’s in the media’s interest to help them and egg them o ...

Officials unsure whether the White House will respond.

In the oil market, though, nothing is simple. The real story of the past few months isn’t that oil prices have fallen; it’s that they’ve fallen so far so fast, and that they may still have a long way to go before hitting bottom.

At first, firm charged A$100 minimum during hostage crisis, then gave refunds.

Before my first novel was published, Viking sent an author photographer. As soon as he saw me, he said, “Don’t worry about your chin—I retouch my photos.”

Confessions are four times more likely when interrogators adopt a respectful stance toward detainees and build rapport, a study finds.

The tuber made its way around the room on a cake stand, and there was a visible slackening of jaws as waves of musky aroma filled Sotheby’s.

Shouts & Murmurs by Cirocco Dunlap: “Love that in addition to ancient drachmas and babies’ blood he now takes Chase QuickPay!”

With all the focus, around this time of year, on blockbusters, it’s easy to forget the products that didn’t get the hoped-for reaction.