Begin the Descend
Hebrew has a verb to describe the act of a Jew immigrating to Israel: la'ahloht, “to ascend.” Upon deciding to leave Israel, our correspondent starts the slow process of descent well before boarding the plane.
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February 20, 2013: Morning
* Ahead of spending-cuts crisis, White House plans shame campaign to make the GOP's position indefensible. * Two weeks ago, as a result of Spielberg's Lincoln, Mississippi officially ratified the 13th amendment to ban slavery. * Greece to reach true primary surplus this year, taking in more revenue
Ja Mongkut
When I was young, going to the beach meant gorging on sweets. The drive south from Bangkok to the seaside town of Huahin took more than a couple of hours, and Phetchaburi, a small city that has established itself as a destination for traditional Thai sweets and snacks, lay at
February 19, 2013: Afternoon
* The most important fact about the United States in this century is that middle-class incomes are stagnating. * How to buy recreational drugs online. * A new survey shows underage drinkers prefer beer, and especially Budweiser. * Program makes rhyming couplets from tweets unintentionally written in iambic pentameter. * Poem by William McGonagall,
February 19, 2013: Morning
* Rather than mapping the brain, the Obama administration should solve the brain-behavior connection—the crux of neuroscience. * The opposite of President's Day: How the world's dictators and monarchs celebrate themselves. * Like the first laws limiting hours worked, [the minimum wage was] paternalistic in nature, and
Tony Horwitz
Our man in Boston sits down for a frank accounting with Tony Horwitz, author of beloved works like Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War. Here they chat about his new book on John Brown—still a divisive figure in America, particularly in these days of terrorism—and the
February 18, 2013: Afternoon
* This is the first time that Americans are going to be relatively worse off than their parents or grandparents in old age. * Gallery: Brian Ulrich's photographs of abandoned malls and empty big-box stores. * Mindy McCready is the third person to die from her season of Celebrity Rehab.
Life in Blue
Portraits of leisure time and permanent parties in “the strange emptiness” of a Czech reservoir, close to the Austrian border.
February 18, 2013: Morning
* By endangering the public to protect itself, the LAPD's pursuit of Dorner shows the department hasn't progressed so much, after all. * Following Friday's close call, NASA discusses the other orbiting asteroids that threaten Earth. * Related: Interstellar Hard Drive. * New analysis of lunar rocks brought
February 15, 2013: Afternoon
* Iranian politicians shouldn't high-five in public. * Human migration is impossible to stop, and is growing exponentially—Obama would do well to take lessons from China. * Wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the makers of Jack3d; GNC puts its supply on markdown. * Actress in hip-hop video about recreational