May 14, 2012: Morning
- If Greece fails, global markets will plummet, and could take Obama's re-election hopes with them.
- Europe slips in survey of the nations people admire most—China is on the rise.
- Culture war in Israel imminent with plans to end military exemptions for full-time religious students.
- Photojournalist Horst Faas, who brought images of Vietnam to U.S. readers, dies at 79.
- A state-by-state guide to anti-choice laws so far.
- Confronting Stan Lee about the injustice done to Jack Kirby by Marvel would be like grilling Mr. Peanut about the business practices of Kraft Foods.
- Q&A with the New Yorker's cover editor on controversy and the covers that didn't make it.
- Related: The New Yorker FDR cover that never ran.
- In ancient Rome, walking was a marker of culture and status.
- How sex symbolism and vanity made our feet grow to look like shoes.
- Pentagon releases study on studies; accountability office declares Pentagon's study invalid.
- A list of things claimed to be as addictive as cocaine and a list of things that are actually as addictive as cocaine.