Today's afternoon headlines are either long reads or fun sites to explore, dedicated to holiday travelers everywhere. How Lil Wayne helped a New Orleans teacher survive his first year. Keeping movies in mind during a first trip to Afghanistan. Practical foreign-policy tips from Condoleezza Rice, Christopher Hill,
Op: A debt pardon for all would wipe out the lenders--and maybe even our current crisis. Pay close attention to Greece; at a time of worldwide economic upheaval, it might eerily presage disturbances elsewhere in 2009. Climate change diplomacy is moving at a geologic pace; at a recent two-
Mark Felt, former FBI no. 2, who became Deep Throat and brought down Nixon, dies at 95. I would move the flowerpot with the flag...to the rear of the balcony if I urgently needed a meeting. From 2005, Woodward on his crash course in espionage, courtesy of Felt. After
U.N. grants permission to pursue Somali pirates by air and on land, remains mum on the nation's failed-state status. Visit Colombia's "Captain Nemo" for all your submersible, drug-trading needs. Video: A timelapse of modern-day cartography. Today's long read:
Thousands are being turned into slaves in Darfur. There are more slaves today than at any time in human history; from New York, it takes five hours to buy one. "Ideological differences" the most common cause of wars and violent conflicts in 2008. Today's music business
Op: After triumphalism over economic woes elsewhere, China hits a wall--it can't grow, contain social unrest, or progress. "Do not watch television. Everyone out on the streets." In Greece, protesters storm TV studios, hang banners from the Acropolis. Brown says U.K troops will be
Say hello to methane gas hydrates: a key to domestic energy independence, perhaps an unnecessary risk. Op: Obstructionist Republicans need to learn to cooperate by having their veto power removed. Lawyers in Australia to receive the right to serve legally binding court documents by posting them on defendants' Facebook
Beware of kindly torturers: those pinkies of yours provide half your hand strength. "People have been referring to the Warsaw ghetto as the nearest analog in modern times." The siege of Gaza: A crime against humanity, a forgotten story of 2008. Questions for the Secret Service regarding certain
Not for leisurely browsing: "Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience" (explainer). Shoe-tosser's brother explains why he threw shoes. Woman burned by suitor's acid asks for retribution; Iranian court orders five drops of same chemical be placed in her attacker's eyes. Markets&
Reporting from the Congo continues to be a war correspondents' Everest, painting the craft as a noble, mythical undertaking. Found yourself hugging a Rembrandt as SWAT burst in next door? You're probably an art-crime agent. The country will be ruled by his slash-and-burn ideology
