February 16, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Everything ISIS does is calibrated to bring apocalyptic prophecy to fruition; that prophecy says Jordan has to be next.
- In long-secular Turkey, parents confront a new reality: Islamic education.
- The recent, odd history of USB dead drops—in Iran, they've been used for weed purchasing tips.
- Silk Road failed—but it showed us that, by aligning economic incentives, drug legalization can reduce drug violence.
- Miffed over US spying privileges, heads from Google, Facebook, and Yahoo skip Palo Alto summit with Obama.
- The FAA's new drone rules make no sense.
- North Korea celebrates the 73rd "Day of the Shining Star"—aka Kim Jong-il's birth.
- Related: "Like some ancient creation myth newly minted, time itself began, or was renewed, with the birth of Kim Il-sung."
- "Wild animals including elephants are to be slaughtered and served at Robert Mugabe's birthday party."
- It's time for a federal holiday to glorify the five US presidents who rose so high, only to fail so shamefully.
- See also: Sock puppets explain the truth behind Washington's Birthday aka Presidents' Day.
- To save their way of life, 17 years ago the Cofán people of Ecuador sent a 10-year-old to the US to learn—and someday return.
- Our planet’s surface will rework itself [and] generate a footprint that becomes astronomically observable.
- The number of young teetotalers in the UK has risen by 40 percent since 2005—one in five adults in the nation do not drink at all.
- The NBA superstar era is over: Following the Spurs' lead, teamwork proves statistically superior.
- Driven by her husband's painful final days, NPR's Diane Rehm resolutely champions the right to die.
- Fleeing a grandfather's death, and finding solace in the saccharine, adult world of Reader's Digest.
