September 25, 2012: Morning
- Assad's goal said to be restoration of "the old Syria" without any plan for reforms.
- Russia's new treason law resembles a child's response to chores.
- Jailhouse interview with Pussy Riot.
- Conservative poets evaluated in case Romney wants for artful rhetoric.
- Obama embraces Napoleon: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- With over half of Spain's young people unemployed, dumpster diving becomes a public health concern.
- Design history of smartphones' Gorilla Glass—formerly unwanted super glass that could withstand frozen chickens.
- Three times a day, a plane or a vehicle gets on an active airport runway by mistake.
- Today is the day we revisit an old friend and dream: Free Cabin Porn.
- See also: Kevin Guilfoile's story about his father and Roberto Clemente.
- Constellations and galaxies created from ash.
- In all antiquity, only one woman successfully calculated a systematic rise to power during a time of peace: Hatshepsut, an Egyptian king.
- The only American to design scarves for Hermés is a postman-artist in Waco, Texas, with a tragic story.
- Seventy percent of parents prefer real books to e-books when reading to children.
- Photographs of Michael Paul Smith and Elgin Park, his nostalgic miniature town.