September 24, 2015
- "VW has become a bigger downside risk for the German economy than the Greek debt crisis."
- The VW scandal is ill-timed for Germany, which is chastening others over debt and refugees—and touting its low carbon footprint.
- Related: "Schadenfreude does not square with America’s national obsession with the comeback story."
- See also: "The Word You Dare Not Spell" by Jason Feifer.
- Five-year old American daughter of Mexican immigrants slips past security to deliver Pope a petition for immigrant rights.
- Despite Pope's vocal support for poor, many Catholic universities in America increasingly cater to wealthy students.
- Canonized Wednesday, Junipero Serra’s legacy remains divided between his roles as compassionate evangelist and colonial bureaucrat.
- While Xi Jinping visits the US, China's Communist Party broadcasts videos of young Westerners paying Jinping exorbitant compliments.
- Aides prep Obama to raise concerns about Chinese military aggression without endangering trade.
- As the yuan loses value, Walmart demands price cuts from China suppliers.
- We called random Walmarts to find out what life is like on the inside.
- Planned Parenthood matters because #BlackLivesMatter.
- "The only way Syria can survive as a nation is if...the moderate rebels and the Syrian army band together against IS."
- England was gripped in the '70s by a puzzle book that induced mass pareidolia—the phenomenon of seeing patterns in randomness.
- Recalling Time-Life's trashy book series, Mysteries of the Unknown, and its eerie commercials.
- Franzen will join the ranks of a bizarre cadre: authors of Chipotle burrito-bag essays.
- YACHT’s new video only plays when Uber’s surge pricing is engaged in LA.
- Sex, the video game review.
- The next series of Serial may tackle Bowe Bergdahl’s controversial exit in Afghanistan.
- A skating rink in a Southern town.
- A word about privacy from our ad network.