3 June 2009: Afternoon

Twenty years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, exiled novelist Ma Jian revisits China.

Interviews with four photographers who shot Tiananmen's "Tank Man" picture.

Obama and Chancellor Merkel, considered by many trans-Atlantic observers to be "frenemies," strain to out-snub one another.

Thanks, Obama, for supporting Egypt's dictator; respect our elections, Obama, even if you don't like the results.

For better wine results, take whites out of the fridge--and put reds in--20 minutes before serving.

Elite runners are more inclined to drop out of a marathon, probably so they can race again sooner.

Columbia Journalism Review cries foul on the correlation between rising obesity rates and the recession.

"Not only a legitimate question to ask, but also one to answer: Will the Antichrist be a homosexual?"

Examples of subjects' "moral dumbfounding" after confronted with a story of loving incest where birth control was used.

Realism and escapism in "Six Days in Fallujah," the first video game about the Iraq war.

Bureaucracy and bribery in Jordanian bootlegged-DVD shops.

The truth is that we are often bored to death by what we find online--but this is boredom on the installment plan, one click a time.

Video: The new Kindle 3 is so advanced, it illustrates the books you're reading.

Discussion of books "that people are particularly likely to be assholes about."

It's very clear who the victim is and who the perpetrator. New publishing category: The cashier's memoir.