August 6, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Hamas as a political actor.
- A primer on Mohammed Deif, the commander of Hamas's military wing.
- Britain's Foreign Office minister resigns, protesting government silence on Gaza violence, and posts her resignation letter on Twitter.
- Young people brought into the US illegally by their parents confront the Iowa state representative.
- Of the 680,000 people on the watchlist of "known or suspected terrorists," 280,000 have "no known terrorist group affiliation."
- Putin says Russia must tell the US economic sanctions are "unacceptable," while protecting Russian consumers.
- Texas is perfect for SpaceX's commercial launch site, but as history shows, spaceports aren't good business.
- California's forest fires.
- The conditions of migrant workers in UAE.
- The 10/90 television model—cheap sitcoms built around stars, with "quality as an afterthought"—may be dying out.
- An interview with Werner Herzog.
- See also: Werner Herzog's private life is surprisingly dramatic; his diaries, not so much.
- Moment-to-moment happiness doesn't depend on how well you're doing, but on whether you're doing better than expected.
- During media tours around Japan she habitually flashed the V-sign. A cultural phenomenon was born.
- A study of California low-income neighborhoods finds poor people with diabetes are 10 times more likely to lose a limb.
- Who stole the four-hour workday?
- You might think that America would be fertile ground for the rise of atheism.
- Danish architect creates plans for a cage-free zoo.
