September 26, 2011: Morning
- Women to receive the right to vote in Saudi Arabia.
- Andrew Sullivan and former airman Keith Boyea on how Bush-Cheney shattered their worldview.
- Kristof interviews Ahmadinejad.
- Surgeon Gawande on having a coach--something he never considered for his operating room, until he did.
- NYPD mum on using mace against Wall Street protesters; occupation continues.
- More than 100,000 Guy Fawkes masks sold each year.
- In France, more Sophies (those chewaable giraffes) are sold than babies are born.
- Pinker: Believe it or not, the world of the past was much worse.
- Seneca on time, briefly.
- Utilitarians... may add to the sum of human happiness, but they are not very happy people themselves.
- Oral history of how Upright Citizens Brigade saved comedy in New York.
- Brief profile of The Office's Mindy Kaling, whose mother is "a professional gossip who does Pap smears."
- Kaling's guide to types of women in the movies: the Klutz; the Ethereal Weirdo; etc.
- Conan discovers some of his employees conspire to help foodies find free food.
- Barman explains how $1.95 worth of alcohol becomes a $12 cocktail.
- Wines of France turned into a subway map, plus a conversation with an architectural theorist.
- Susan Orlean moves to L.A.
- The McGurk Effect—you wouldn't think what you see should affect what you hear, but it does.
- Monday poem: "Personal" by Tony Hoagland.