Op: When choosing a veep, it's best to go with one who isn't eyeing the Oval Office after your departure. Chinese weather modification isn't working--if it seems like it starts to, peasants will demand it continues. On the promising Chinese discus-thrower whose
McCain buys $6 million of Olympic airtime to counter Obama's $5 million. White paper: Winfrey's endorsement was responsible for approximately one million additional votes for Obama. Your new approach to political profiling: the happiness factor. Profiling this summer's anti-Semitism news in Paris. On
If foreign visits to Gitmo were videotaped, as the U.S. said they would be, prisoners' abuse allegations could be upheld. Hoping to remain a political force, al-Sadr plans to disarm, remake Mahdi Army as a social-services group. As the candidates search for energy platforms, Obama argues
Obama leads McCain 2-to-1 among low-wage workers, but neither is convincing anybody that things will get better. "Flat-earthers" thrive in online communities, say photos from space are fakes, Earth is horizontally infinite. Discover the criminals in your community (search available here). Print for the
Who the other side would pick for Veep. Reporter hatches Obama-too-svelte story on Yahoo! message boards. Op: The real reason newspapers are dying: They no longer dispense social currency. Every phase of sleep is necessary--"unconscious rehearsal" aids memory, crucial cognition. Video: Britain's digital
History of hospice care around the world. Is Afghanistan a narco-state? If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. The terrifying world of web trolling. TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin's latest Digital Ramble for The Moment: Storage space. On
Government scientist about to be charged in the 2001 anthrax attacks dies in apparent suicide. In Iraq, five U.S. troops died in July--the lowest monthly death toll since the beginning of the war. Mathematical formulas of public statements by Obama, McCain, show the candidates aren't so
Karadzic decides to represent himself, chooses not to enter a plea. How Karadzic could still be dangerous in the dock. Aerobic pole dancing, sex determination labs, and other stories from the week in China. Obama would prefer Ludacris's recent lyrics weren't so offensive. Print for the
Aides scramble to Rove up McCain's message; their candidate keeps talking himself off course. Op: You're supposed to sow doubt about the other guy, not do it to yourself. McCain's flip-flops are flyin'. Related: For the past three elections only Democrats could
Map of ties between Pakistan's spies and militants perhaps "the bluntest American warning" to Pakistan since Sept. 11. McCain scolded for being open to taxes; Obama razzed for proclaiming he's "a symbol" of America's best traditions. Long his party'
