November 17, 2015
By The Morning News
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- This is "precisely what ISIS intended." To win, France must recognize the feelings terrorists inspire in recruits.
- Unlike the Charlie Hebdo attacks, France's mood isn't solidarity, but suspicion and hostility.
- "When they come in they may not be extremists. But the way the West treats them, they could become susceptible."
- Cable news "experts" call the Paris attacks "fairly sophisticated"—others would qualify that assertion.
- Obama rebuffs calls from Republican governors seeking religious test for refugees.
- Anonymous hackers declare war on ISIS, allegedly disabling thousands of Twitter accounts.
- Russia says downed jet was terrorism, citing the use of an improved explosive device.
- "At least 2,000 known and suspected terrorists have made legal firearms purchases in the US since 2004."
- Artist Paul Laffoley died yesterday. Here's a collection of his works, which sought to decipher convergence.
- Animals are pumped full of antibiotics, but resistant bacteria—when they develop—won't stay put for long.
- "Without the Amazon jungle, the main lung of the world, life on the planet would probably disappear."
- Architecture and geology share a forgotten, subterranean kinship.
- The capybara, reviewed.
- The Word of the Year is the "tears of joy" emoji. "Refugee" made the shortlist, but *gestures vaguely at the moon*.
- "The further I delved into jazz history, the more it became clear how thoroughly women have been written out."
- Memento is now an anachronism, throwing into stark relief how technology influences identity.
- Presidential candidates in Hamilton.
