February 27, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- "Meh," once an obscure Yiddish word, now synonymous with (Meh) Romney.
- The Kennedys are back, with a 31-year-old former prosecutor who wears "voluminous Kennedy hair."
- Researchers believe Maryland girl who doesn't age may have clues to universal longevity.
- Let's remember that many Democrats—Andrew Cuomo, Bill Clinton—spent decades on the wrong side of gay rights.
- Denial-of-service attacks still pale compared to shelling houses—i.e., "cyber-war" is still to come.
- Since 2007 Argentina’s government has published inflation figures that almost nobody believes.
- Europe may soon follow Argentina with a "Right to Be Forgotten" law, which would be terrible for free speech on the internet.
- Brief, relatively recent primer on countries bonding over shared currency, then falling out.
- BBC recommends 300 units of alcohol every 45 minutes (sort of).
- Researchers say our galaxy may be full of homeless planets, "wandering through space" rather than orbiting stars.
- Teller of Penn & Teller explains principles magicians use to beat neuroscientists at deception.
- New Yorkers: TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin to read (with vodka) next week from forthcoming Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down.
- Report from Miami: Global art has become like disco—"so enamored with itself it never got around to producing something worthwhile."
- Adam Gopnik on the Bible's Super Bowl/Hollywood aspects.
- Highlights from king of the breakfast tweet.
- Copperplate Gothic reinvented.
