July 3, 2012: Morning
- The U.S. economy is pointing downward judging by office furniture and industrial chemicals.
- Assad regrets downing Turkish jet.
- The longer the euro area’s debt crisis drags on, the more it resembles a medieval rack of economic torture.
- Garbage scavengers of Athens now seen as harbingers of Greece's economic collapse.
- Surprisingly detailed inside scoop on Chief Roberts changing his mind.
- Sarah Churchwell on the appeal of Gatsby in 2012.
- Inside baseball on how the film industry makes money.
- Scenes from Dr. Strangelove rendered in kitchen items.
- LA's top five actors-turned-rappers, including Warren Beatty.
- Chart to help you determine if you happen to live in a city.
- Many words on the (ill-suited) role of libertarianism in the workplace.
- How to know when it's socially acceptable to date another creature.
- Saga of a four-month online dating experiment, complete with 10 dummy accounts.
- Academic appreciation of Spies Like Us.
- Conceptual artists fashion bots to create Amazon e-books from YouTube comments—e.g., Janetlw Bauie's Alot Was Been Hard.