May 11, 2016
By The Morning News
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- UK's Cameron calls Nigeria "fantastically corrupt"—and Nigerian president Buhari agrees.
- How Uganda came to be the world’s foremost exporter of mercenaries.
- Gessen: Considering Russia's tone-deaf positions, it's no wonder a motorcycle club can shape its foreign policy.
- Three points to prove that America may be an imperfect democracy, but it's hardly an oligarchy.
- As expected, Trump and Sanders win in West Virginia, and Trump takes Nebraska.
- Trump campaign blames "database error" for its choice of a noted white supremacist as one of its delegates.
- Trump claiming that Clinton is "playing the woman's card" sounds off, say critics, considering his man-card platform.
- Sixty-three percent of Americans don't believe in UFOs; Hillary Clinton is not among that number.
- Everest's most successful female climber, Lhakpa Sherpa, works as a housekeeper in Hartford.
- See also: Poetry dedicates latest issue to recent work from Australia.
- Primer to the controversial and brilliant Pet Sounds, which turns 50 this month.
- Since philosophy programs won't teach Confucius with Kant, departments should be renamed "Anglo-European Philosophical Studies."
- Research shows academic benefits for elementary school-age children who meditate.
- To combat racism in Hollywood, #StarringJohnCho imagines an Asian-American in leading roles (at least on posters).
- Photography of London during the blitz blended into pictures of the city presently.
- Photos of people waiting for London buses become Renaissance tableaus.
- On a very specific place and time in America: Tampa, 1988, when the Church of Scientology sponsored a race car.
- Florida man claims he invented the Post-It note.
- Indie band YACHT's new marketing stunt—faking a sex tape leak—criticized for exploiting victims of revenge porn.
- Ronan Farrow on the media's fear of his father, Woody Allen.
- Arkansas judge resigns after years of photographing and paddling defendants in exchange for lighter sentences.
- Your lunchtime streaming: David Axelrod interviews Jon Stewart.
