June 6, 2012: Morning
- Democrats picked a fight and lost, but it's no harbinger of Obama's fate.
- NYC rescinds no-tolerance policy on possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
- Bloomberg's ban on sugary drinks has its critics, but he has evolutionary biology—and our predilection to coercion—on his side.
- Disney announces it will end all junk-food advertising on television programs for children.
- U.S. to reopen WWII-era bases in the Pacific for potential use should a new conflict arise.
- A brief history of camouflage, and evidence that a head-to-toe ghillie suit is still remarkably effective.
- Graham T. Beck investigates the U.S. federal government's official color palette.
- Environmentalists petition to block the Oriental Nicety—once known as the Exxon Valdez—from entering an Indian ship graveyard.
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- In the war of mosquito versus raindrop, the insect's light weight aids its survival.
- Chinese migrant workers turn to acting to escape the production line.
- How "the long game" went from a card game reference to the catchphrase du jour.