October 7, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Soldier from Wisconsin explains why (anger) and how (plane ticket) he joined Kurdish fighters in Syria to battle ISIS.
- Sketches from Raqqa, Syria, a city that's completely under ISIS control.
- Obama's "latte salute" notwithstanding, the pejorative term "latte liberal" has lost its bite.
- America shouldn't wish for another great president since having one requires a nation-encumbering calamity.
- Only three percent of Americans who pray every day believe God answers none of their prayers.
- Justice Dept. claims it's OK to open a Facebook account using a DEA informant's name and impersonate her online.
- In Hong Kong, protestors' backgrounds—from far-right nationalists to pan-democratic students—undermine their ability to unite around a common goal.
- Street photographs from Hong Kong's umbrella revolution.
- Jennifer Lawrence on the hackers' release of nude pictures from her phone.
- As the recession lifted, middle- and lower-income Americans increased their charitable donations; not so for the wealthy.
- Krugman: In explaining the financial crisis, there's been too much focus on metrics and too little on mistakes.
- Distinct patterns emerge when 10 women around the world record a week of catcalls and creepy dudes.
- See also: Photographer takes portrait of harrassers the moment they've catcalled her.
- Neurotoxin found in New England water pipes linked to increased stillbirths and pregnancy complications.
- Lawmakers in California, passing legislation to restrict water usage during the drought, are some of the worst water-wasters.
- The health of species and the planet is much more complex than the binary 'extinct' or 'not extinct.'
- Four-year-old brings 249 packets of heroin to day care and hands them out to other children.
- David Lynch to direct all episodes of Twin Peaks' return for a third season, 25 years after the second.
- Related: The terror of BOB, one of television’s greatest monsters.
