23 July 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Jul 2008 Obama visits Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel; view his guestbook entry. Op: At war, it's credible that we see our enemies' humanity; too bad we don't extend that to our leaders. The King of Jordan drives Obama to the airport. Rather than address the G.O.P., Ron Paul organizes rally in Minneapolis; tickets selling for $17.76. Print for the commute: How making decisions exhausts your brain. How the word "awesome" got so watered-down that even the president uses it, and in borderline-inappropriate situations. Considering wealthy schools' tax exemptions, a study of Berea's no-tuition model. "In the early 20th century, we created almost universal access to high school. We have not done the same with college." Former professor breaks Harvard students down to three types, none flattering. Photographed instructions for cooking with arsenic; photograph of a recent favorite headline. Getting bossed around by an inanimate object? Simply intolerable. Why hackers are so often libertarians. How to travel by cargo ship. Inside the homes of New York's uber-cool: The Selby. "Sociologically, it just matters more. Ideologically, it drives me fucking bonkers." Why people--and not just conservatives--love to hate The New York Times.
