27 July 2010: Morning
By The Morning News
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Following the McChrystal affair, WikiLeaks documents put "more nails into the coffin" of the White House's war.
Op: If you're surprised by the WikiLeaks documents, you're an idiot! And no comparing them to the Pentagon Papers!
The American people are going to have to accept that they will endure a level of terror that is more than zero.
Economists fear deflation--and a Japan-like lost decade--may cripple U.S. growth.
Slowly, in some law firms, the billable-hour billing model is being replaced.
Vespa targets Asia's hot scooter markets and redesigns models for local preferences.
Bowden: We pay Mexicans to kill Mexicans (25,000), and this slaughter has no effect on drug shipments or prices.
Neural activity synchronizes between speaker and listener during storytelling.
The song "Happy Birthday to You" is unpretentious and truthful, and its finest element is its octave leap.
Life of a copyeditor requires humor--if you take hyphens seriously, you will surely go mad.
Instapaper for the commute: Gawande on medicine's reluctance to let people die peacefully.
Audio: Malcolm Gladwell tackles charge he's a "genius denier."
"George Bush, Dark Prince of Love." Collection of awful real novels.
Photos from Socotra Island, "the most alien-looking place on Earth."
Stunning Big Picture photos of the Tour de France.