Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi seeks models to convert to Islam. Slideshow of potential candidates for our next president. Op: Egyptians playing political games are too stupid to appreciate the artifacts we stole. Citizen disarmament in Yemen threatens to dull the fun of shooting guns at weddings. Now that porn is
G.M. reports $1.15 billion loss, will repay bailout five years early, due to "performing modestly above expectations." Mexicans reverse the fortune, sending much-needed funds to out-of-work relatives in the U.S. #mathowielove: The Metafilter founder tells how his brain tumor was discovered and
First international flight to leave Chechnya in 15 years takes off from Grozny, headed for Muslim holy sites. There were martyrs on 9/11. They were the firefighters. Profiles of British Islamic fanatics who have given up jihad. Missing Labrador found after a year lost in the Afghan desert. Undersea
Glimpse into Goldman Sachs's trading in 2008, most likely its best year ever. New wealth tactic: Invest in the companies that make you angriest. Op: At the very least, it should be government's job to say what's inherently governmental (e.g., assassination). Commie Obama
Excessively meeping Massachusetts students irk and confound their elders. Kristof pig-wrestles the staggering expense of military presence abroad against the staggering number of uninsured dying at home. John J. O'Connor III, whose struggle with Alzheimer's prompted his wife's retirement from the Supreme Court,
China to open agricultural technology centers in Mozambique; China to gain low-cost rice and produce. Tweets tracked from Congress's most active Twitter folk. Toronto Star memo about oursourcing editors edited by anonymous Star editor. Margaret Thatcher's biographer gets her best fact-checking from Penthouse. At
The news has been full of every last detail about the shooter. Obama corrected that balance. Op: If retooled and repurposed, our interstate highways could help the U.S. economy rebound. Investigators find problems in a third of L.A.P.D. racial profiling cases--from the incident to how
An argument for sustaining al Qaeda: It's in our best security interests. Op: Three myths about governing Afghanistan, and the argument for building accountability from the bottom up. Saudi forces capture armed infiltrator in his underwear practicing black magic. Brief history of White House redecorating. Marvelous illustrated ode
Victims' families split whether D.C. sniper Muhammad's scheduled execution today will bring justice. Seventy years after it disappeared during Kristallnacht, a 500-year-old Hebrew Bible travels back to a Viennese library. How the current medical malpractice system is broken--and how in its disrepair, it&
The "Cold War" of the Andes, between Venezuela and Colombia, now involves illegal armed gangs and mysterious killings. Five myths about grand actors pulling strings behind the Berlin Wall's tumble. Gingrich: The Wall was toppled by the Pope! Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely. Pleasant short takes
