October 1, 2013: Afternoon
- Many parallels found between the last 48 hours in D.C. and a traditional Hollywood Western.
- Additional "really top-notch commies" added to Washington Post's list of America's top communists.
- Behind-the-scenes report from the sale of the Washington Post to Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos.
- See also: Behind-the-scenes report from The Passion of the Christ's blooper reel.
- Greece's arrests of police-supported Neo-Nazi politicians may not be such a good idea.
- Devil-themed vegan strip club in Portland circulates red-stained two-dollar bills to build brand awareness.
- Prior to 1984, all of Manhattan's fecal matter went straight into the Hudson River, untreated.
- The original hotel that inspired Stephen King's The Shining plans to dig up its pet cemetery to make room for a wedding pavillion.
- Study finds jazz is no longer corrupting young people's minds, but an early liking for hip-hop or rock can predict anti-social behavior.
- NEA's quadrennial survey of public participation in the arts shows dismal results; however, America has not collapsed into Philistinism yet.
- Black and Hispanic children in America who go to an emergency room with stomach pain are less likely than white children to receive pain medication.
- Artist draws his way through a heart transplant.
- Designer imagines what a more useful, more humane boarding pass might look like.
- Photographs of spectacular movable bridges.
- Now available in a Tokyo subway station: All-you-can-eat cookie buffet.
- Related: Luminous portraits of the Lower East Side, then and now.