November 3, 2011: Morning
- Despite tension in Kashmir, Pakistan agrees to normalize trade relations with India.
- Catapults seized that smugglers used to fling weed over the border.
- "The Shameless Republican Race to Cut Rich People's Taxes."
- U.S. drops from fourth place to 23rd in global test for internal inequalities in health, education, and income.
- Walter Mossberg reflects on 20 years of writing tech reviews.
- Apple gift catalog from 1983.
- Study finds belief in vibes good and bad ingrained and widespread.
- Brief history of Joan Didion and Pauline Kael's cordial enmity.
- Story of the gangster who eluded feds and a Mafia hit list by lying low, eventually in Idaho.
- Excerpt from oral history of MTV.
- Vet finds military service doesn't appeal to employers, except defense contractors, of course.
- So you're in southern Sudan researching deadly diseases when you notice a rip in your mosquito netting...
- Belgian judicial adviser declares Tintin in Congo a "reflection of the time."
- The "freshman 15" rounds down to the "freshman three."
- Williams College rediscovers why it's been retiring #50 football jerseys for 47 seasons.