October 16, 2012: Afternoon
- Reading the tea leaves, Jeb Bush is unsure what his future holds.
- Libertarian Gary Johnson could be a Romney spoiler—Republicans are doing everything they can to keep him off the ballots.
- A Bronx man who looks like Obama was high-fived on the street after bin Laden was killed.
- Why we shouldn't be surprised Obama is falling behind.
- When college football coaches change jobs, they leave behind some of the biggest, most extravagant homes in town.
- We don't actually hate Mondays, no matter how much we complain about them.
- The Paris Review meets William Kennedy, 1984-88.
- Related: A writer rejects a lit mag's rejection.
- "How Things Fell Apart," from Chinua Achebe's new memoir.
- TMN's Jessica Francis Kane dives into a Penelope Fitzgerald sentence.
- Aristotle's thought it was a pump—our weird ideas about what brains are.
- Beyond "real fashion guys," few believe pleats will ever return to men's pants.
- The curse of the James Bond theme: Despite grabbing top names, rarely do the songs reach the charts.
- British producer Shitmat is remixing every UK no. 1 single of the past 60 years.
- In our latest TMN Gallery: maritime paintings from the 18th century to the present day.