Headlines from September 27, 2013

George Will on Republicans’ lame attempt to defund Obamacare: “Those people who are best at deceiving others first deceive themselves.” #opinions
Related: Man who understands 8% of Obamacare vigorously defends it from man who understands 5%.
An estimated 12 workers will die every week during Qatar’s construction push for the 2022 World Cup.
Cross-cultural profile of the effectiveness of yoga and meditation in prisons.
Officials believe the majority of Syria’s nerve agents remain unweaponized and could be destroyed before being hidden or stolen.
Allegations of a “sex jihad”—Tunisian women traveling to Syria and returning pregnant—may be a rumor perpetrated by pro-Assad forces.
Worldwide, 200 million fewer women have access to the internet than men…and this growing divide is only getting worse.
Atlanta family salvages cancelled wedding reception by inviting 200 homeless people to dinner.
Scientists at MIT discover the Tet1 gene, which could provide a key to the process of erasing memories.
A current 90-year-old’s birth is closer to Lincoln’s assassination than it is to the current day.
The geographical, political, and financial history of the Civil War in one chart.
Stick your head in a staircase balustrade. Things children should not do, according to an 1819 book of cautionary tales.
Brief histories of the hashtag, pilcrow, ampersand, and manicule. #language
Once a hotbed of artistic achievement, the American theater has been replaced by top-drawer shows like Homeland and Breaking Bad. #tv
There are many things we can say or talk about, that have nothing to do with an afterlife. How atheists grieve.
Get rich quick: Become a stamp peddler in time for the three-cent hike.
Al-Qaeda now controls more territory and can call on more fighters than at any time since bin Laden created the organization.
Interactive guide shows what today’s report about climate change means for temperature rises in your lifetime.
Black Friday as we know it is a moribund tradition, more cultural than economic.
Clothes worn on Parks and Recreation—often from Barney’s or Anthropologie—don’t reflect the budgets of low-level government employees.
Half of Americans think kids are better off with mom at home; 8% think the same about kids at home with dad.
“Breast ironing,” tragic cultural practice where breast growth is forcefully curtailed during puberty, a major problem in Cameroon, is now surfacing in London.
Charleston used to do brisk business selling fake slave tags to tourists.
Family photo, “slightly crumpled from being stashed in the pocket of a space suit,” remains on the Moon.
Anti-jet lag remedies rely on not eating before arrival in a new place, then eating breakfast right on time.
The most interesting science story we read this week: Flies are tough to swat because they perceive time slower than us.
Teenagers quit Facebook rather than log out to avoid nosy searchers, knowing Facebook will restore their information when they re-activate.
Camus revered Algeria in his life and writing; Algeria does not reciprocate the sentiment.
Another iconic figure barely acknowledged by her hometown: Patsy Cline.
Writer David Gilmour, who teaches novels by “serious heterosexual guys,” says the only woman writer worth teaching is Virginia Woolf.
Ten most James Franco lines selected from James Franco’s new novel.
Scientific investigation into who is the most pompous sports pundit measures the use of personal pronouns in recent columns.
Retired Russian farmer leaves his village to see New York City for the first time. #video