June 12, 2012: Afternoon
- UN report says Syrian troops have tortured children and used them as human shields on tanks.
- Fascinating quick appraisal of working conditions of children in 1934.
- Pictures of Burma/Myanmar in transition.
- The Lower East Side, then and now.
- How to get into and out of an economic crisis, with Iceland held up as an example.
- When anxious young Egyptian women have questions, they turn to Tom Friedman.
- Milan university to teach all graduate-level courses in English, not Italian.
- The purpose of college is to acquire motivation, perspective, and human networks.
- Two short notes on the science and magic behind transforming saltwater.
- New Yorkers: Catch TMN's Paul Ford at the DadWagon Reading Series tomorrow evening.
- Newspaper headline summarizes Northwest's ongoing bitterness about the Oklahoma City Thunder.
- Insider’s notes on the death of the Seattle SuperSonics.
- Where the young Americans are at in preparation for Wimbledon.
- Some of the worst reviews of Roger Ebert, the best movie reviewer of all time.
- True Blood werewolf actor spent time with wolves to learn his growl.
- What it's like to get shot in the head.
- Sculpture of a home crash-lands on the seventh floor of a San Diego building.