The Lighthouse
Using a darkened home, precisely placed mirrors, and the occasional judicious cut in a wall, light becomes sculpture.
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May 15, 2012: Afternoon
* Germany's growth helps the eurozone barely avoid returning to recession. * Hollande to dine with Merkel in Berlin on his swearing-in day. * Part two of "Our French Connection" heads to Kentucky's Paris and Versailles. * Related: New excerpt available from Paris, I Love You but
May 15, 2012: Morning
* Massachusetts, the most Sweden-like of states, is also one of the most successful in the country. * When you have a bank as big as JPMorgan...almost anything could count as "hedging." * From the mid-'70s to six years ago, Kodak operated a secret nuclear reactor beneath
May 14, 2012: Afternoon
* Economists, scientists team up to find the gene that makes people good at business. * Fraudulent Stradivari dealer was so persuasive banks provided him with millions in return for photocopied appraisals. * Interview with a safecracker. * Related: "With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban.
May 14, 2012: Morning
* If Greece fails, global markets will plummet, and could take Obama's re-election hopes with them. * Europe slips in survey of the nations people admire most—China is on the rise. * Culture war in Israel imminent with plans to end military exemptions for full-time religious students. * Photojournalist
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Before the internet, before Facebook, before Twitter, a group of British documentary filmmakers launched what has become the grand-daddy of reality television. What can “Seven Up!” tell us about our own experiences in the (self-induced) spotlight?
May 11, 2012: Afternoon
* Brazil passes law returning booze sales to national stadiums in anticipation of 2014 World Cup. * Argentina passes world's most progressive transgender rights laws. * Trustees of tiny all-male Deep Springs College object to administration's plan to admit women. * Prince Charles appears as Scottish weather forecaster. * Hollande
Like It's 1999
On Tuesday, Rosecrans and Paul Ford will read at New York City’s KGB Bar at 7 p.m.. Rosecrans and Paul have an unlikely friendship, but we’re pretty sure this will be an event that TMN fans will not want to miss. Plus, there’s a party afterward.
May 11, 2012: Morning
* How the week ends: Michele Bachmann is no longer Swiss. * Photos of the lost town of Kaixian before it was flooded by the Three Gorges Dam project. * Round-up of energy-related conflicts around the world. * Speech transcripts show Obama using the word "extraordinary" an extraordinary amount. * Hedge-
May 10, 2012: Afternoon
* Ode to the secretary-spy who went to Saigon, and was the first American woman killed there. * Not-comic comic: Memories of being raised by an abusive mother. * Design-based solutions for water management in India. * Green-energy excitement of the day: Power from onion waste. * Philippe Starck designs gadget