March 28, 2012: Morning
- One month later, a reminder that the Trayvon Martin case isn't about hoodies, extremists, or Rivera.
- Poll finds 55 percent of Americans were unaware of last week's Etch a Sketch incident.
- Santorum and Gingrich don't contest supporters who say the President is Muslim.
- Support for the war in Afghanistan drops sharply.
- Turkish army requirements to establish homosexuality.
- Profile of a New York super-foodie finds criteria for defining new breed of young urban obsessives.
- Brief history of recent restaurants' naming techniques.
- Related trend in publishing and media: titling something with someone's daughter.
- Drinking a can of soda is equivalent to consuming two Cadbury eggs.
- Short films about a ham man.
- See also: Short documentary about a toy maker.
- Ian McEwan on the concept of originality in art and science when everyone's sitting on giants' shoulders.
- Interactive transcript from yesterday's health care debate.
- MIT economist defends the individual mandate as the most sensible, cost-effective, and just approach.
- Fantastic: R. Crumb talks about other people.