December 9, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Success of Egypt's Islamists marks a trend in the Middle East.
- This year may see the end of "those heartless perennials" in politics, the three Gs: God, guns, gays.
- Today's best joke on Twitter about the founding fathers.
- Economic downturn finds the cremation business booming.
- What product packaging reveals about nationhood—e.g., being assaulted by Flemish cereal copy.
- To play consistently successful Moneyball, you have to stay ahead of the curve, and that's hard.
- Index of circus-related materials published in the '30s.
- Reflections on books given to us by loved ones, or semi-loved ones, or not-at-all-loved ones.
- More accurate Bath & Body Works fragrance names.
- Bradley Voytek on the neuroscience of attractive (or not) toes.
- Why men and women can't be friends.
- Why anyone is ever selfless—e.g., giving to charity—is a mystery that has fascinated, frustrated scientists since Darwin.
- Holiday animation: "A Krampus Carol."
- In case you didn't know, Krampus is a boozy goat-horned menace that whips children around Europe at this time of year.
