January 5, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- White House to reduce the Army and Marine Corps by 10-15% over 10 years; future focus to be on Asia-Pacific.
- Illiterate voters make elections difficult in Egypt, but the military's power is a much bigger hurdle, say analysts.
- To save the Republican party, the GOP's factions should quit attacking one another.
- The very good USA Today explanation of why you don't have free will.
- Success of the Bible in Norway this year—top bestseller nearly every week—not attributed to the Utøya massacre.
- Walk through Def Jam's history book.
- In 1776, American accents and British accents were largely identical, then upper-class Brits went "non-rhotic."
- Interactive tour, with images and sound snippets, through Sam Anderson's year in marginalia.
- Iconic images with their subjects removed.
- The Way I See It: Rants, Revelations and Rules for Life was the most frequently discarded book on Virgin Atlantic flights over the holidays.
- Analysis of why contemporary clothing shops for men stock books.
- Young men who buy suits at J. Crew are able to recognize J. Crew suits on other young men.
- Long talk with Laurie Anderson.
- There are now at least three Stephen Colberts, maybe more.
- American goalkeeper Tim Howard, playing for Everton, scores a goal.
