February 9, 2012: Morning
- The key question is not whether Vladimir Putin—and Putinism—will survive. They will not.
- China reacts to jumping inflation by announcing it will raise the minimum wage 13% each year until 2015.
- China's continuing PR nightmare.
- When young Chinese want to learn American slang, they turn to OMG! Meiyu, a popular web video series.
- BBC tracks, confronts internet troll.
- Efraim Halevy: Syria is becoming Iran's Achilles' heel, and Israel is missing an opportunity.
- Recent violence reveals white supremacists have revived their dream of a Northwest homeland.
- Over the Thaipusam holiday, Tamils show their Hindu devotion through piercings, prayer.
- "This Chart Is a Lonely Hunter": the history of infographics and why they're here to stay.
- Pre-1930 modernist lit mags now available in PDF.
- Thoroughly and precisely, a T-cell kills a cancer cell.