March 23, 2015
By The Morning News
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- Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, father of the “Singapore model,” dies at 91.
- Chinese Communist Party demands the Dalai Lama to reincarnate on its terms.
- Man sees an argument with his parents, recorded in 1985, turned into a cartoon.
- Profile of an amnesiac illustrator who can't remember what happened five minutes ago.
- Immigrants tell the story of their first day in America.
- France's far-right National Front bested by center-right party in elections, despite polls predicting otherwise.
- At a time of newfound tension, America's ambassador to Canada receives very little love.
- Rebels consolidate territory in Yemen, effectively splitting the country in two; breaking the stalemate could invite civil war.
- Costa Rica powered entirely by renewable energy sources so far in 2015.
- Banks make unsustainable profits off universities; Sweet Briar may not be the first to close because of it.
- There is serious danger that universities are consciously defining themselves as affiliates, even satellites, of corporations and governments.
- Nicole Pasulka profiles Barbara Maier Gustern, vocal coach preferred by New York's avant garde.
- Tribute to Internet Underground, mid-'90s magazine about the early web.
- From 1995, "10 Steps to Becoming a Web Celebrity."
- Our most popular nonfiction, determined by the bestseller list, is in thrall to our worst cultural tendencies.
- Today in the Tournament of Books, Jessica Lamb-Shapiro decides between Annihilation and An Untamed State.
- Legal experts say Florida may no longer be "the go-to safe haven for overseas military leaders with dark pasts."
- Research shows most criminals mature out of law-breaking by middle age.
