Headlines from July 1, 2008
- Republicans should blame cyclical lows, not Obama, if he presides over billion-dollar deficit.
- Support Obama: Change your middle name to "Hussein" on Facebook.
- In Turkey, two former generals arrested in failed coup; secular court may ban ruling party for Islamist leanings.
- For a planetoid of the size of Azeroth one would expect to see gravity of about 0.003 m/s2 or, in the vernacular, buggerall. Calculating the size of World of Warcraft.
- In transporting accident, 12 million bees released along major Canadian highway.
- Audio: Baby crocodiles communicate with mother and siblings from within their shells.
- Cabs installed with karaoke flourish in Thailand.
- "Paraguayans cry when they hear it." U.S. diplomat sings folk songs in obscure Paraguayan language, wins the country's heart.
- Op: Tibet should stay the nonviolent course--it retains its moral appeal, and violence hasn't worked for the Palestinians.
- Photos: The Google sari.
- In an era of increasing fuel, food prices, vertical farming in cities makes new sense.
- The franc is reintroduced in one French town, encouraging spending, national identity.
- Poster designs from the May '68 Paris Rebellion.
- Obama delivers speech defending his, McCain's patriotism.
- Obama appeals to faith-based groups, wants to expand funding, supports their ability to hire based on religion.
- Sex in the Warner toons was more likely to be transgressive and connected to deception, especially cross-dressing. Billy Collins on Surrealism and Looney Tunes.
- Advice on writing screenplays, including "avoid the German funk trap."
- Chuck Klosterman asks 20-something Germans to pick the most interesting 20th-century American.
- In poll on America, a quarter of Canadians name Obama the most admirable politician in either country.
- "This is something to look at, just like a painting." A new art installation features runners sprinting through the Tate.
- Charades study proves English's subject-verb-object is a cultural construction.
- Baby busts, shrinkage, lowest-low fertility: on the extinction of Europe.
- New jug design makes for fresher milk, is better for the environment, and customers hate it.
- Environmental crises you no longer need to worry about.
- As always, tipping back in your seat is fifty dollars, payable to the person sitting behind you. New flight restrictions on my airline.