* Half a million children are suffering the psychological damage of growing up in war-torn Ukraine. * Jeb Bush vacillates on Indiana RFRA only two outrage-filled days after he supported it. * Most of our water footprints are spent making the food we consume—one liter of coffee takes 1,120
The traveling salesman would seem to be an elusive, dying breed in America. In Sara Macel’s “May the Road Rise to Meet You,” she hits the road with her telephone-pole salesman of a father, rediscovering him in the process.
* Arkansas governor to reject legislation modeled on Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. * See also: Connecticut's women's basketball team is on a collision course with Indiana's RFRA. * McDonald's to raise wages and offer paid vacation to workers at non-franchise restaurants,
* Assessment of mortal threats currently faced by nearly every significant initiative of the Obama Presidency. * Governor, Indiana is in a state of crisis. It is worse than you seem to understand. * Douthat: There's no reason to think we’ve reached a stopping point once the florists and bakers
* Negotiators meet in Switzerland this week to hammer out a framework for an accord over Iran’s nuclear program. * Results expected tomorrow from Nigeria's presidential election, widely lauded as a success. * This year there will be 14 or 15 presidential elections in Africa—two most likely free, eight
The TV series Mad Men is set to begin its final season. Finally we’ll know how many women—and how much Proust—it takes to make Don Draper happy.
The tournament action so far.
* Despite Netanyahu's denials, NSA documents show evidence that Israel spies on the US. * In private, Scott Walker backs what he can't say publicly: path to citizenship for immigrants already in the country. * Chief fanboy of The Wire President Obama interviews show's creator David Simon.
Whenever lethal injection drugs are unavailable, Utah will allow death-row prisoners to choose death by firing squad, citing it as the most “humane” option.
* Genome sequencing data from Icelanders shows that our oldest human ancestor lived about 239,000 years ago. * Humans are the only animal to suffer from schizophrenia, thanks to our big, complex brains. * Returned US soldier Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion. * With US forces gone, Yemen quickly becoming a model of
