November 5, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Whether Romney wins or not, the GOP faces an internal civil war over demographics and radicals.
- Latest Christoph Niemann column explains the electoral college in M&Ms.
- If 16-year-olds want to vote, they should move to Argentina, or possibly Indonesia.
- Want to use your need for sexual connection to help others? Consider work as a sex surrogate.
- Radio host becomes 18th journalist killed this year in Somalia, world's most dangerous place for reporters, along with Syria.
- Italian newspaper La Repubblica angered by Romney comparing Italy to Spain and Greece.
- Survey concludes that of the almost 200 countries in the world only 22 have never been invaded by Britain.
- South African photojournalist Pieter Hugo documents the Amtrak corridor from New York to DC.
- Map shows spatial distribution of executions in Stalin’s Moscow.
- When a natural disaster strikes, try not to be in Russia, where the government has contempt for victims.
- In New York, 40,000 people left homeless after the devastation of last week’s storm.
- Tri-state area keeps wary eye on nor'easter set to pummel shores on Wednesday.
- Finally: "A pair of ski goggles that let you read your emails while on the slopes."
- Ian McEwan blogs about the novella's blessed brevity.
- Ode to Patrick Leigh Fermor, bold traveler, walker, and acquirer of crabs.
- Children arrive in the world with predetermined abilities, proclivities, and temperaments that parents "can rarely reverse."
- Devotees of Star Wars build custom Stormtrooper costume for bullied girl.
- Beware of blue tops and prancing unicorns, or, how to spot a batch of fake Sriracha sauce.
