The Rules
The laws of the playground aren’t just for children. New York City parents have to keep an eye out for garbage, syringes, and disturbed men bearing toys.
Archive
A collection of 14235 issues
3 December 2007: Afternoon
An overview of the nations that are bulking up their military, rather than trimming down. Making the case for a president who's more concerned with solving the world's problems than staying trim. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, so too does a history of
3 December 2007: Morning
Exit polls say Putin's won in Russia with more than 60 percent of the vote. Voters deny Chávez the right to run for president for life. Five Bush myths about the bomb vs. theory that the world is collectively getting smarter. Stats on supply and demand for marijuana,
Book Digest: December 3, 2007
A Free Life; Silent Movies; Born Standing Up; The Fall of Troy; My Dearest Friend; City Lights; Different Engines; W.A. Mozart; Legends of Rock; André Kertész: The Polaroids; Glimmer Train No. 65
Hidden and Unfamiliar
Taryn Simon documents secret places in America that have rarely been seen by the public eye: the bureau of engraving and printing, a cryogenics facility, a hymenoplasty, a site for testing fireworks.
30 November 2007: Afternoon
"Up to a thousand people," could stand to chillax over teddy bear's name. The Guardian claims proof the Kremlin's planning on rigging a Putin/United Russia victory, with many examples of coercion. When you weren't looking, Kasparov was released from jail five
Video Digest: November 30, 2007
After watching the CNN-YouTube Republican debates, Meave Gallagher scours for lost video, crushes on Huckabee.
30 November 2007: Morning
Op: If robots fight our wars, combat could become deadlier than ever. "I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces." Generals argue for the repeal of "Don't
Shop Till You Drop
The weeks prior to Black Friday were spent preparing for it: learning which gifts could drop your kid into a coma, and which you’d need to beat a fellow shopper senseless to buy.
29 November 2007: Afternoon
Bush gets a new economic advisor to deflect recession rumors, death rays. Yes, Virginia, the subprime crisis has reached the Arctic Circle. Head of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq wants to cut the detainee population by two thirds by end of 2008. Bible's top nine badass quotes,