April 30, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- After a dramatic week of political history, the Dutch cobble together austerity measures.
- Rodrik: National interests are slaves to economists' ideas and their influence on policymakers.
- Billionaire says Titanic II should be ready to sail in 2016.
- When you look at America, you have to concede that we have failed... When the majority of citizens are not better off, the economic system is not working.
- White House Correspondents dinner shows Obama's wit; Romney "could never do a night like this."
- Tour of London by the charming A.A. Gill.
- Corrections to stories from the Middle East—e.g., "farewell sex"—that were too good last week to fact-check.
- Report from inside a Pantone summit, figuring out which hues will dominate upcoming culture.
- History of how the U.S. Army chooses the precise colors of its tanks and boots.
- Profile of George Hotz, hacker who cracked the iPhone and Sony Playstation.
- Study finds empirical evidence that homophobia can result, at least in part, from the suppression of same-sex desire.
- Behind the scenes of a sex doll factory, with pictures of owners.
- Photographs of actors' apartments—Garbo, Brando, Bancroft—in New York City.
- View from a bathroom constructed on top of a 15-story elevator shaft.
- Monday poem: "In Colorado My Father Scoured and Stacked Dishes."
