* Top State Department drugs official encourages other countries to decriminalize narcotics. * Some nine million Americans have private wells with dangerously high levels of lead, according to Virginia Tech projections. * Bus of journalists attacked, set on fire, during a press tour organized by the Committee Against Torture. * The unethical practice of
* Slovenia and Croatia shut their borders to migrants to shut off migrants' "Balkan route." * Populism wins at the polls, with big victories by Trump, surprising win by Sanders. * Shocked by the Sanders coup in Michigan, pollsters reexamine numbers for other Midwestern states with open primaries. * Trump'
* Voters go to the polls in four states, with Michigan the biggest prize for both parties. * Clinton voters like Obama more than Sanders supporters do, and other divisions. * Related: Clinton shilled for worldwide fracking as Secretary of State on behalf of industry interests. * If the GOP does split, it may
* Afghanistan, America’s longest war, is being almost entirely ignored during this election cycle. * Takeaways from the Democrats' debate: Sanders got personal; Clinton scored on guns. * Sixty-eight percent of Sanders supporters don’t watch cable news. * Potential upside of Trump’s destroying the political norm: the end of
A music-video supercut spanning 41 years of Bruce Springsteen performing “Thunder Road,” the lead track from his iconic Born to Run. Clarence Clemons, RIP. Video by Phil Whitehead
* Energy Department scientists say they’ve reached the “holy grail” that may remake the electrical grid. * Obama sent five men on a mission to find out if the NSA should collect metadata; their answer is no. * To summarize the state of Republican politics: The front-runner assured America that his
* Study finds Islamic countries have significantly lower homicide, suicide, and overall lethal violence rates than non-Islamic countries * When CNN commenters clash over the K.K.K. in 2016, it's both terrifying and deadly serious. * Map of European place names with the word "Saint" in them.
* Super Tuesday sees Democrats solidify around Clinton, Republicans vent rage via Trump. * The GOP faces two endgames: Donald Trump for president or a contested convention. * The best article we've seen to explain Trump's success: Amanda Taub's "The rise of American authoritarianism." * However:
* As Super Tuesday states head to the polls, Politico predicts Clinton and Trump to all but bury their rivals. * "Super Guides" from 538 to Super Tuesday, Republican and Democratic editions. * In case you missed it: John Oliver focuses his show on Trump, or Drumpf. * Consultants, friends, and Super
* Yesterday's Islamic State suicide bombings kill 70 in Baghdad's deadliest attack this year. * Former governor of the Bank of England says the Eurozone is doomed. * Cases for and against the $100 bill. * Rock, probably as well as anyone could, held the industry to account on its
