Detroit State of Mind
What I end up saying when I try to explain to people, and myself, why I bought a vacation house in Detroit.
Archive
A collection of 14284 issues
October 16, 2014
* Dallas County Commissioners set to declare a "state of disaster" after two cases of Ebola. * America's most dire threat at present is a "hugely overhyped fear" of Ebola and the Islamic State. * ISIS loots important historical sites, including some from the Bronze Age, in
October 15, 2014
* World Health Organization warns that West Africa could see 10,000 Ebola cases per week by the end of the year. * Second health care worker in Texas has Ebola; nurses accuse hospital of sloppy protocols. * Spain has the world's highest concentration of elevators, thanks to the Spanish Civil
The Dosa Gentrification
Indian culture is under siege by Westerners enamored with yoga, authenticity, and convenience. The dosa—a beloved, inconvenient tradition—could be next to fall.
The Great Gtzzby
The Jazz Age blasts into orbit, adding oxygen parties and mighty pincers to the rise-and-fall decadence of the intergalactic one percent.
October 14, 2014
* How Ebola spreads: It's droplet-borne, not airborne, so it's not easy—but not especially hard—to get. * NBC medical correspondent sneaks out of Ebola quarantine to get restaurant takeout in New Jersey. * Nigeria's successful fight against Ebola is due to both medical infrastructure—
Under the Volcano
A Seattle painter creates friendly portraits of volcanoes in part to mitigate fears of complete system failure.
October 13, 2014
* Hundreds of thousands have evacuated their homes, and Japan watches for flash floods and landslides as typhoon reaches land. * Authorities don't know why radiation levels in the water around Fukushima increased 10-fold after a weekend of typhoon-related rain. * In Hong Kong, hundreds of Anti-Occupy protestors
October 10, 2014
* As hostilities break out between the countries, Pakistani teenager and Indian children's rights activist receive the Nobel peace prize. * Airline cabin cleaners strike at LaGuardia Wednesday night over fears about Ebola. * Following an ease on travel restrictions, more than 22,000 Cubans emigrated to the US in the
The Combination Lock Test
A man dies, leaving behind, among other things, a combination lock. Opening it may just prove the existence of the afterlife.