4 August 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 Aug 2010 Modern youth's so-called "narcissism epidemic" is an overreaction to pseudoscience. Why not keep aging it until it achieves the consistency of room-temperature butter? Is aged beef overrated? A new bias test accurately predicts relationship length--try it here. Iranian religious leader declares music "not compatible" with Islamic values. How Ken Starr swindled $59 million out of clients ranging from Annie Leibovitz to Walter Cronkite. Alexander the Great may have died from river water, not firewater. From the attic: Maggie Mason's cocktail primer. From 1946, "So You Want to Go Into the Donut Business?" outlines the latest pastry boom. Nico Muhly explains the connection between making music and making food. How the creative director of Wired is re-imagining the magazine industry. Roger Black just designed your next magazine. The silence was thick with everyone wishing it were 1977 and I was working for Esquire. After discovering its oldest man dead, oldest woman missing, Japan now keeps tabs on its elderly. Why demonstrations of remorse continue to influence criminal sentences. Merriam-Webster's top 10 lists, including words from the Bible, strange words for body functions.
