Basically, if you’re the kind of person who stays in bed on Saturday mornings with a big mug of coffee and a sheaf of reading material, this is for you. If you’re the kind of person who dreams of being that kind of person once the kids are
* Dutch soccer players at Euro 2012 return from Auschwitz visit to be taunted with racist chants. * "Family, tradition, religion, brass bands, and social solidarity"—all that's holding together communities in Spain. * Travel guides' tips for visitors to the U.S. * Life expectancy of New Yorkers
There is a brand of humor with an inherent meaning so dark that, even though we may wish we hadn’t laughed, we’re programmed to think it’s funny. An explanation of a joke about a pedophile.
* As Syria's primary arms supplier, Russia enjoys the spotlight that comes with being involved, but looks for a solution. * Putin's watch collection is worth more than his income. * A look at the Obama administration's on-again, off-again relationship with leaks. * Friedersdorf: Obama supporters
* Quick summary of 50 years in Caribbean politics' "centrifugal" power shifts. * The working class votes red not because of misinformation, but because of the right's strong vision. * Women in northern Iraq commit suicide to avoid arranged marriages with their cousins. * Design school is the new
* Nasdaq pledges $40 million to settle broker disputes in Facebook IPO. * Silicon Valley's next hot tech IPO. * Imagining life after a "total hack," where everything you've clicked can be seen by everyone else. * Chinese students stress over gao kao, notoriously difficult college entrance exams
Victory has many faces—some of them just happen to be painted. A story of violence, true love, the road from New York to Lexington, and the religion that is college basketball.
* Party leaders, presidential candidates, and talking heads judged on truthiness. * Five ideas to manage a potential break-up of the eurozone. * Norwegian prison to hire friends to spend time with mass killer Breivik. * Most deadly attack in weeks kills 20 at Kandahar airport. * Study finds patients fear their doctors and
Being overseas, the traveler is often taken for a diplomat—to explain his native country’s strange ways and beliefs. For example, why do all Americans belong to cults? What does Michelle Pfeiffer eat for breakfast? And why so many guns?
* Democrats picked a fight and lost, but it's no harbinger of Obama's fate. * NYC rescinds no-tolerance policy on possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. * Bloomberg's ban on sugary drinks has its critics, but he has evolutionary biology—and our predilection to
