New York to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. South African officials consider building camps for refugees displaced by xenophobic violence. The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy. "Flavor tripping" with the
As she reaches the end of her deck, Clinton has exhausted almost all her moves—even going so far as to suggest her opponent might be assassinated. Our commentators search for a more peaceful ending.
On McCain's crusade against lobbyist influence in Washington, and his staff full of former lobbyists who continue to benefit from it. For the same cost as the Iraq war, NASA could launch an expedition to colonize Mars. Google builds online map out of images from Phoenix Mars Lander,
The Black Ghosts are also the subject of premature hypulation. They’ve been generating heat since the release of their EP last fall, and are now releasing exclusive music videos (on Big Stereo and Missing Toof) for every track on their self-titled debut before it’s out on July
The Foals may be the most prematurely remixed indie band ever, thanks mostly to The Lemur, who I recently encountered on a net surf-ari. The Lemur Blog was host to a pair of Foals remix competitions that yielded dozens of results of varying successes. That’s a whole heck
Daedelus has pulled an increasingly common move to promote his upcoming album, Love to Make Music To: If you release the remix, they will come. The new single, “Make It So (featuring Michael Johnson)” has become irresistibly dance-worthy in the hands of Spank Rock’s XXXchange, who have yet
When leaving the apartment the other night, I was stopped in my tracks by a strange noise emanating from our living room. Or rather, it was the source that was strange. The TV was on, and behind some whiny teen drama on the CW (Gossip Girls?) was “Time to Pretend,
In China, bereaved parents abandon caution, confront officials over poor construction of schools. After a decade-long civil war, Maoists in Nepal abolish monarchy in favor of multi-party democracy. Scott McClellan's new book pours some bad juice for his ex-boss, other former White House cronies. See
"He has been here for so long--he has essentially grown up in Guantánamo." Afghan teen detained for five years is now being tried as an adult. On MSNBC's Obama bias, and why, at least on journalistic principles, it's wrong. Still vying for the
Because of a barrier lake created by the quake, 1.2 million Chinese residents may need to be evacuated to higher ground. Brzezinski, Odom: Imagine if China...threatened to change the American regime if it did not begin a steady destruction of its nuclear arsenal. Drawing criticism from Muslims for
