November 18, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Political reform underway in Burma—"they are looking for steady progress from now on."
- Abramoff: Vast majority of lobbyists start on the Hill; the link between serving the public and cashing in must be severed.
- Obama said his visit to Australia was not about China—but that's exactly what it was about.
- Map of world's biggest Chinese and Indian immigrant communities.
- New theory explains vast “chaos terrains” on Jupiter's moon Europa as tips of subsurface lakes.
- Captivating report on thinning Antarctic ice from diver who spends a lot of time under it.
- Interview with designer Terence Conran about overhauling the ways Britons eat, live, and sleep.
- Circulation records from the Muncie (Indiana) Public Library from 11/5/1891-12/3/1902.
- Related: What this wondrous database reveals about America.
- Related to nothing, just fun: A stroll across Fire Island, with photographs.
- We think of "muppets" as TV characters, but the word once meant "squid," "cop," and more.
- Report from a bead "expo."
- Also crafty: Films about muffins.
- Criterion Collection divided by themes—Amour Fou, Blue Christmases, Heists.
- In American "breakpoint" conversations—when someone's about to die—ignorance rules.
- Profile of a sex-ed teacher who openly, intelligently discusses sex "in all its glory and complications" with students who have seen tons of porn.
