November 9, 2012: Morning
- Obama's reelection all but guarantees healthcare legislation will survive, but disinformation needs to be corrected.
- How two brothers busted a brutish Philly union and shifted decades of power—thanks in part to few viral videos.
- Foxconn considers opening U.S. factories owing to rising labor costs in China.
- On the lookout for self-immolation, designated fireman patrols Tiananmen during power handover.
- A Chinese girl videoed since birth helps us chart China's enormous transformation.
- CNN's reportage of claims Iran shot down a U.S. drone is Pentagon talking points lacking any skepticism or balance.
- From earlier this year: the U.S.'s strategic envelope of bases around Iran, with interactive map.
- U.S. special forces operative/triathlete is on a mission from God in Burma, leading and training rebels to fight.
- Q&A with a veteran Taliban commander.
- How Romney's campaign infrastructure ended: The credit cards were cancelled before aides could pay for cabs home.
- Presidential appearances in the movies: Obama already at 21; Harding in 0; Lincoln leads field at 153.
- A real-life Spiderman suit and other possible uses for sticky "gecko material."
- Government officials are slow to intervene even as India's dengue problem worsens.
- Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert on the brain, decision-making, and why you can't tickle yourself.
- It was the capacity for intimate relationships that predicted flourishing in all aspects of these men's lives.