October 25, 2012: Afternoon
- The GOP is now so splintered that a Romney win could spell the end of the Reagan coalition.
- For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade.
- Writer Vanessa Veselka remembers the time in 1985 that she hitched a ride with the notorious Truck Stop Killer.
- For businesses in Saudi Arabia, the Hajj equals big profits.
- Bloomberg looks back on his controversial decisions.
- As you'd expect, scientists by and large agree genetically modified foods are harmless.
- Science proposes how to undo global warming, but carbon sucking and sun shielding pose their own dangers.
- Related: Anthony Doerr on the new generation of geoengineers.
- How a speech script foiled an attempt to assassinate Teddy Roosevelt.
- China spends millions to make Mo Yan's hometown into a "cultural experience."
- Google Street View has fundamentally changed the way that artists work.
- A handy guide to remixing without getting sued.
- John Jeremiah Sullivan's multiday massage tour.