The University of Marias
Daily life can wear you down when your freshman-year roommates are gray-haired and flirting with dementia. Then again, the best lessons may come that way.
Archive
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July 19, 2013: Morning
* Statistics show that for Syria's children, there is no school, no play, no family life—no childhood. * Arab League throws support behind Kerry's plan to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks—the first in two years. * Social-media powerhouse Skittles goes silent after George Zimmerman verdict. * Gawker
How to Headline a Tornado
The best way to find our way through the news is to understand how it’s made.
July 18, 2013: Afternoon
* Taliban official writes letter to Malala Yousafzai to apologize not for shooting her, but for not warning her of their plans. * A man with Asperger's who loves the MTA has been arrested 29 times for impersonating its employees. * Shyness is a part of being human. The world would
July 18, 2013: Morning
* Across the border from McAllen, Texas, Mexican authorities rescue 81 kidnapped migrants; last month, 165 were freed in a similar case. * Huong is among millions of Vietnamese who hold an estimated 300 tons to 400 tons of bullion...valued at as much as $19 billion at domestic prices. * An elastic,
We Are the Resurrection
A reporter spends a season trailing one of London's most infamous soccer clubs while its soul is rebuilt from scratch. A cautionary tale—for New Yorkers, especially—of super fans, gonzo money, and the doctrine that is "organic football."
July 17, 2013: Afternoon
* Neo-Nazi black-metal musician arrested in southwestern France on charges of plotting a massacre. * How the media is ignoring health complications and hyping the belief an abortion ban after 20 weeks is "reasonable." * Related: "It's a rare condition, even more rare to have made
A Woman for All Seasons
Reviewers of Chuck Klosterman’s I Wear The Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) all like to relate Klosterman’s theory of Star Wars. The theory goes like this: For male fans, the character they identify with most in childhood is the innocent Luke Skywalker; in adolescence and
July 17, 2013: Morning
* New video finds Pussy Riot claiming Putin and cronies have looted billions of dollars of Russia's oil wealth. * Cuba admits being behind a stash of weapons found on board a North Korean ship seized in the Panama Canal. * Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, in response to Zimmerman'
July 16, 2013: Afternoon
* What happens when we catch Snowden. * Making sense of China's GDP growth: Thanks to Wikileaks, we can guess the numbers are artificial. * Most fake negative reviews of products on the web are written by devoted customers who want to vent. * A catalog of natural and man-made sinkholes.