July 24, 2012: Morning
- In light of Penn State's punishment, it's time to reread "The Shame of College Sports."
- Physicists say you should run, not walk, to avoid the rain.
- Sally Ride, first American woman to fly in space, dies at 61 from pancreatic cancer.
- Brief report on the once-a-day pill that can reduce substantially the risk of catching HIV.
- Mitt Romney cites no former presidents as businessmen models because none were any good.
- Notes from Miles Davis responding to records in a blind listening test.
- Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander on the Constitutionality of owning assault rifles.
- David Remnick profile of Bruce Springsteen at 62.
- See also: On the no-beer relationship between The Boss and New Jersey's Boss.
- Excerpt from new Nick Hornby book about loving art.
- Double-decker London bus transformed into one that does push-ups.
- On "the endowment effect"—so strong that even imagined ownership can increase something's value.
- Cause of the week: Davy Rothbart's "Washington to Washington" hike for city kids.
- Review of Billie Holiday.