March 12, 2012: Morning
- Up to 47 men, women, children found tortured and killed in Homs.
- In the past year at least 26 Tibetans, mostly young Buddhist monks, have set fire to themselves.
- The West Wing now appreciated as totem by young people working in Washington.
- The original Walter Kirn GQ essay on business travelers that became Up in the Air.
- Trailer for the surf life all those business travelers want to live.
- Unlimited vacation policies lead to rise in productivity.
- Stories from the New York-to-Paris auto race of 1908.
- Dick Vitale meltdown over prospect of a Kentucky-Carolina March final.
- Ads for the Berlin Philharmonic feature instruments photographed from the inside.
- Jonah Lehrer: "Creative" is not a "type," but a skill fraught with uncertainty.
- Profile of Jonny Greenwood, who says fans would be surprised by Radiohead's constant uncertainty.
- Confessions of a master forger of Expressionists.
- Most expensive Starbucks drink possible tops $20, tastes "tolerable, but not good."
- Calculate your "death by caffeine" coffee point.