March 1, 2012: Afternoon
- More than a dozen killed by devastating storms in the Midwest, and more storms are expected.
- Imagining the UK if it faced austerity cuts on the scale currently facing Greece.
- British and German leaders vocally back Sarkozy to their detriment should Hollande win.
- Nature of romantic love considered philosophically, via Groundhog Day.
- Musician points out "scientific, musical, and aesthetic misconceptions" behind last week's big story about tear-jerking hits.
- Confessions of a Cleveland landlord.
- Lucid step-by-step takedown of global warming skeptics' arguments.
- Discussion of rough play in the NHL on NBC Sports nearly becomes violent.
- Investigation into UCLA basketball's demise finds abusive players and a coach detached from his team.
- TMN's Clay Risen celebrates the courageous perseverance of Tennesse's William Gay.
- Single girls advised to travel solo.
- Somewhat related: M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls."
- Benjamin Percy undergoes a vasectomy and reports on "hot nauseating spikes of pain."
- Go see: Paintings from Nolan Hendrickson's "New New Face," still up at New York's Ramiken Crucible.
- Lineage of thought traced from The Death of Ivan Ilych to contemporary instruction for physicians working with dying patients.
- Katharine Hepburn analysis shows why Holiday trumps Bringing Up Baby despite "box-office poison."
- Thursday poem: "Spring Reign" by Dean Young.