February 13, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- In 12,000 words, James Fallows reviews Obama's first term.
- Fantastic Economist summary of the Syrian situation.
- State Department photographs show al-Assad's artillery pointed toward major protest centers.
- The World Press Photo of the Year for 2011 shouldn't be used to illustrate news without some explanation.
- Buzzfeed round-up of every World Press Photo winner, 1955-2011.
- Justin Bieber is a scaling problem and other issues in the short, exploding life of app-maker Instagram.
- Related: Quick links to review which apps you've allowed to snoop on your private material.
- John Jeremiah Sullivan goes to Ireland.
- In case you need another reason to purchase Pulphead, an excerpt from "Feet in Smoke."
- See also: Wells Tower and Sullivan discuss the art of non-fiction.
- As in Sullivan's case, we're excited to read almost anything by Jenny Diski.
- Seventy years on, no study debunking the usefulness of brainstorming is powerful enough to kill the fad.
- Billups on why Rubio will be fine in the NBA—because he can be run over by Billups without complaint.
- Anti-Asian slurs heard by star Knicks guard Jeremy Lin.
- Statistics, opinions, and video to support Lin being no fluke.
- Other pictures by the artist (Brock Davis) behind last week's internet hit, "World Disasters Done in Cauliflower."
