August 7, 2012: Morning
- Syria's prime minister defects; Iran pokes U.S. over hostages in a bus.
- The entire case that Romney is putting before undecided voters is something he does not believe himself.
- Panama Canal to soon accommodate mega-ships, causing highways and shipyards elsewhere to evolve.
- Man deposits junk-mail check; bank cashes check, then sends tough guy to demand money back.
- Compelling large-format pictures from the London games.
- Usain Bolt ate McDonald's before winning gold in the 100m race.
- List of 154 countries with fewer Olympic medals than Michael Phelps.
- Olympian Lolo Jones deserves gold in playing look-at-me.
- Chinese athletes who return with less than gold face violence and hate mail at home.
- Honey-badger commentary on Olympic sailing.
- "Super-cut" model applied to text, highlighting every use of the word "cat" in The Cat in the Hat.
- Homage to Graham Greene and "the other text" he wrote into every novel.
- In case you missed it: Sarah Hepola's column, "Crushes on Strangers."
- Evidence of class war in New York City, or, "in SoHo Ferraris are running over cops."
- Did you ever imagine you might one day live in a world in which Al Sharpton would narrate a report about dancing Japanese robots on the television?