21 August 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Taliban-coordinated suicide bomb attack kills 60 at Pakistan's largest military ordinance plant.
Gorbachev: "The Russian leadership is in a strong enough position domestically; it did not need a little victorious war."
Op: How air-conditioning is to blame for the rise of the Bush administration.
Ahmadinejad is so good for Israel, Mossad couldn't have done better, says former Mossad chief.
By maintaining the status quo, a different kind of apocalypse, the
slow-motion kind, is now upon us. Writing
from 2016, a futurologist reflects on his 2008 predictions.
Obama and Pepsi share some strong affinities--most strikingly, their logos.
How
Jerome Corsi became the court bard of the conservatives, again.
Todd Levin finishes his video-game console series today; see all past episodes here.
The evolutionary advantages of wearing mascara.
The Lost Formats Preservation Society.
Protecting pacemakers from hackers.
Print for the commute: From 1978, profile of Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records.
Celebrating last-place finishes at the Olympics.
Great Olympic moments on YouTube; Olympic village made from 140,000 cards.
