October 23, 2013: Afternoon
- Kerry trying to charm back the Saudis over their disappointment that the U.S. strike on Syria didn't materialize.
- Fewer than one in 200 Americans has a law licence, but lawyers include a third of the House and more than half the seats in the Senate.
- Gallup finds most Americans support legalizing marijuana as well as increasing tobacco restrictions.
- Related: More Americans are in favor of pot legalization than of same-sex marriage.
- Thirty-minute animated guide to how the economy works—i.e., as a simple economic machine.
- As far as I can see, there is little doubt that Obamacare will succeed in its primary aim of expanding health-care coverage.
- London university sells study-free MBAs—alums include hundreds of executives and, maybe someday, one lucky dog.
- Editor and reporter arrested in Sierra Leone for comparing president's behavior to a rat.
- Scientists find subjects who DJ while working out "lower the physiological cost of exercise and greatly increase its subjective allure."
- See also: A simple sitting and standing test can help determine how soon you're likely to die.
- A proposed new biological clock measures your life not in years, but how the DNA throughout your body changes.
- Life lessons learned by Woody Allen.
- A history of famous movies' fake blood recipes.
- See also: Underappreciated horror B-movies with A-grade terrifying moments.
- Highly popular, bloody Chinese cartoonists promise to pull back on the violence, “promote good and lash out at evil.”
- Adam Curtain on the modern hug in television.
- On the decline of Wikipedia, particularly in terms of authors and staff.