* Obama delays Syria military vote he was certain to lose in favor of exploring Russia's proposal for international monitors. * The lessons of Weiner and Spitzer. * From 2009, Tom Junod's haunting essay about the photo of the man plummeting from the World Trade Center. * Poems by Auden,
* Following days of violent protests, Indian court finds four guilty of raping and murdering a student on a bus in December. * The war in Syria: what it looks like when six million people are displaced. * Desperate to make the case for military action in Syria, the White House invokes the
* Even within the extremely elite confines of [Harvard Business School], the ultrawealthy are segregating themselves. * Linguists: It's "syllabuses," not "syllabi." * Related: How to make syllabub. * For the past 40 years, the daughter of the man who designed and built Auschwitz has lived in Northern
* Haunting photos from Syrian refugee city in Jordan comprised entirely of tents that 144,000 now call home. * Spiegel reports the NSA can tap into personal data on nearly every smartphone. * How Pat Robertson used a charity mission in war-torn Rwanda as a front to further his diamond mine
* Brief rundown of Syria's many rebel groups, majority of which are under the nominal control of the Supreme Military Council. * Statistical overview of prison suicides. * Interactive visualizations of stop-and-frisk policing based on NYPD data. * For teenagers, e-cigarettes could be a gateway to tobacco addiction rather
* Obama directs Pentagon to expand its list of potential Syrian air-strike targets. * The latest House whip count on authorizing force in Syria: 217 say or lean no, 44 say yes. * Iran orders attack on American interests in Baghdad if the U.S. commits to striking Syria. * Iran’s new
* Germany—which has Europe's highest electricity prices—is about to get a 20% rate hike for going all in on wind and solar. * When the correct answer to a math problem goes against one's political beliefs, it becomes unsolvable. * Spanish helpline reports rise in suicidal callers
* Putin tells leaders at the G20 summit that Syria is a topic best left to dinner discussion. * Assessing the Assads' Instagram account. * Profiles of scientists responsible for the world's chemical weapons. * Latest Snowden leak shows Al-Qaeda’s leadership asking engineers to find ways to shoot down,
* Emergency-room doctor writes about treating victims of an incendiary-bomb attack in Syria. * Supporters of military intervention argue we should think of U.S. bombing runs in Bosnia in 1995, not Iraq in 2003. * Round-up of Syria-related conspiracy theories. * Every angle considered in case you, too, were
* Nevada launches a website that lets you fantasy-shop for Obamacare—before you do it for real on Oct. 1. * Giving some credence to the Facebook post allegedly from Assad's 11-year-old son: The Assad administration's kids liked it. * A look at the data shows
