25 January 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 25 Jan 2011 Summary of the Palestinian document leak (story behind the leak). It is a good sign they even got to the stage of haggling over which settlements would end up where. Long read: Current state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: dead. Uganda cabinet third largest in the world after North Korea and Kenya, with 71 members. One in five American divorces now involve Facebook. "Titrologue"--someone whose news-reading only includes headlines. Stock market now mainly traded by computers at "lightning speed." Investors in "small-cap" Chinese companies go blind through dangerous fog for chance to get rich quickly. U.K. council proposes cost-cutting measure: Use the crematorium to heat the swimming pool next door. Op: War-wise, Americans like magnificent crusades, not wars where the objective is less than unconditional surrender. Returning to '99: What it took to get Malick to direct The Thin Red Line. Cancer doesn't care if we're good or bad. No evidence backs idea that "a fighting spirit" prevents illness or improves recovery. Critics' picks for best art shows 2009-2010. Archived mix tapes; mix tape for a dead girl; the ideal pop song is 2:42. Video: Trailer for Bill Cunningham New York (see also, "Bill on Bill"). Use coupon code "rooster" at Field Notes, receive a free Tournament of Books notepad (and support the ToB).
