The Two Shmuels
The day-to-day returns, but the sense of danger is still palpable to the Golem and Ruth. Reluctantly, he returns to his blog, this time with a prompt.
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26 January 2011: Morning
As the official kilogram loses weight, scientists search for new standards. Europe cringes as governments sell iconic properties, including the Hotel de la Marine and the Sherwood Forest. Dairy industry stalls F.D.A.'s plan to test for new antibiotics in milk. Lepidopterists confirm butterfly expert Nabokov'
26 January 2011: Afternoon
Tim Pawlenty releases Armageddon-style presidential campaign video. Kinsley: The only thing supporters of Obama's health care plan have going for them is the truth. Reminder: TMN would like to know who you think should run for President. Egypt to no longer tolerate public gatherings. Videos of Egypt
The Impossible Everything That Everybody Wants
In western Maryland, where the state’s already skinny, being a stutterer who can’t eat doesn’t help growing up. Paying tribute to 1980s Appalachia, home to American chariots.
25 January 2011: Morning
Postal Service streamlines store closing process, plans to shutter 2,000 locations in two years. Historian accused of altering date on Lincoln pardon to hours before his assassination. Reboot, reject, recast: How to stop James Bond from getting old. Instead of casting, reality TV recruiters troll bars for alpha subjects.
25 January 2011: Afternoon
Summary of the Palestinian document leak (story behind the leak). It is a good sign they even got to the stage of haggling over which settlements would end up where. Long read: Current state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: dead. Uganda cabinet third largest in the world after North
Mikvah
A new poem, part confession, part song, about immersion and seafood soup.
24 January 2011: Morning
Al-Jazeera leaks document trove relating to Israeli-Palestinian conflict--more background here. Former C.I.A. official behind Iran-Contra operation still running a spy shop, just not for the government anymore. Hmong community hopes a federal waiver will permit Gen. Vang Pao's burial at Arlington. H.
Marwencol
When Mark Hogancamp awoke from a coma after being brutally assaulted in 2000, he began to build, with breathtaking attention to detail, a minified fantasy world called Marwencol.
24 January 2011: Afternoon
America's cotton business booming; prices hit Civil War levels. Rhetoric on the Ivory Coast escalating; Ouattara calls for cocoa ban to disrupt Gbagbo's revenue. Prior to falling, Ben Ali's regime tried to steal Tunisia's Facebook passwords. British police approved to sleep with