May 29, 2012: Morning
- Profile of Obama, former liberal law professor, as kill-master leader of the shadow war against al Qaeda.
- In Peru, anti-mining protests lead to two deaths and a state of emergency.
- Idiot's guide to Egypt's election.
- Studies find everybody has the capacity to be dishonest, and almost everybody cheats—just by a little.
- Forty-six percent of Greeks say the euro is "a good thing" for their country; only 30% of Italians.
- Berlusconi prostitute says she entertained by dressing up as Obama.
- Confessions of a coral reef scientist who gets "horribly, horribly seasick."
- Notes on the meteorite market.
- Short brief on racism in Lebanon.
- Why used TVs are frequently overpriced: sellers don't realize how quickly sets' value drops.
- Riveting: Photographs of 19th-century car accidents from the Boston Public Library.
- Pictures and a story from inside Brooklyn's Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
- Alan Rickman drinks tea dramatically.
- Colson Whitehead on a childhood spent watching horror movies.
- Author fights with angry teenagers on Twitter.
- Notes and useful advice on frequent mistakes made with commas.
- Benjamin Franklin writes a letter applauding zeal for "preserving the purity of our language."