June 11, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- In China, a man-on-the-street take on the NSA leak: "If you're not monitoring people, they can say whatever they want."
- Why Snowden shouldn't have gone to Hong Kong: Unlike China, it has an extradition arrangement with the U.S.
- Toobin: Snowden is a "grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison."
- Rather than act on the NSA leak, some lawmakers want a clearer read on how constituents actually feel about Snowden's actions.
- Sales of Orwell's 1984 are up 126% on Amazon.
- A Newsweek cover from 1970: "Is Privacy Dead?"
- The war on terror is Obama's Vietnam, a no-win situation that the president must be seen to be winning.
- Five reasons to fear the NSA's capture of your metadata—e.g., mission creep.
- Pictures of the unemployed and homeless in Greece, where the unemployment rate is now 26.8%.
- Italy's neglect of its universities has led to "an incredible destruction of human capital."
- Art at this year's Venice Biennale is actually surprising, mainly occupied with the state of the world.
- Gallery owners and curators respond to this year's Biennale.
- Photographs of people trying to explain works of art to other people.
- See also: Portraits of art gallery employees who happen to resemble the art they're trying to sell.
- Fantastic round-up of great movie posters, mostly from the '60s and '70s, many from Eastern Europe.
- Collection of photographs posted on Instagram by the children of the wealthy.
