October 19, 2015
- Leaked drone papers warrant a Congressional investigation—Democrats must decide whether they'll take on Obama.
- For a yearlong period, drone strikes in northeastern Afghanistan killed 200 people, only 35 of whom were targeted.
- Drone pilot tells how his crew nearly blew up a man for smoking a cigarette.
- The Intercept's investment in data security—to protect sources' anonymity—pays off.
- On Canada's election eve, Stephen Harper campaigns with Toronto's remaining Rob Ford fans.
- Identification and authentication should require separate keys—today we use Social Security numbers for both.
- A universal basic income would raise macroeconomic demand and stimulate the economy.
- Early intervention, before the first psychotic break, can ward off schizophrenia—but insurers stand in the way.
- Comic strip adventure of forgotten gun-running Indian philosopher who influenced Gramsci and Einstein.
- The FBI is using 23andMe and Ancestry.com to track down relatives of suspects.
- Breaking with anti-technology tradition, some ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews are learning to code.
- You wouldn't have liked Thoreau, and he wouldn't have liked you—unless you brought dessert.
- "The fearsome, monstrous smoothness of the East Asian logistical sublime."
- The slow writing manifesto.
- Rabies on a plane? Man loses control, dies after biting another passenger.
- "A college football stadium that absorbs nearly half a billion dollars cannot help but symbolize a lot of things."