Headlines from July 23, 2008
- Obama visits Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel; view his guestbook entry.
- Op: At war, it's credible that we see our enemies' humanity; too bad we don't extend that to our leaders.
- The King of Jordan drives Obama to the airport.
- Rather than address the G.O.P., Ron Paul organizes rally in Minneapolis; tickets selling for $17.76.
- Print for the commute: How making decisions exhausts your brain.
- How the word "awesome" got so watered-down that even the president uses it, and in borderline-inappropriate situations.
- Considering wealthy schools' tax exemptions, a study of Berea's no-tuition model.
- "In the early 20th century, we created almost universal access to high school. We have not done the same with college."
- Former professor breaks Harvard students down to three types, none flattering.
- Photographed instructions for cooking with arsenic; photograph of a recent favorite headline.
- Getting bossed around by an inanimate object? Simply intolerable. Why hackers are so often libertarians.
- How to travel by cargo ship.
- Inside the homes of New York's uber-cool: The Selby.
- "Sociologically, it just matters more. Ideologically, it drives me fucking bonkers." Why people--and not just conservatives--love to hate The New York Times.
- Obama's health plan has been consistent but foggy: a few best-guestimates of what it could mean for us.
- The trend so far: When McCain flubs, it's because of age; when Obama flubs, it's because of youth.
- After capturing Karadzic, Serbia edges toward E.U. membership, Criminal Court gets extension.
- The fatigues-wearing leader of the Bosnian Serbs was unrecognizable in a guise that was part guru and part Santa Claus.
- Russian descendants demands property restitution for Bolshevik crimes.
- In China, after years of threats and reform the earthquake was the final straw for Qiang culture.
- Op: Bush's foreign policy on sex continues to hurt women.
- Who still listens to cassettes? America's 2.3 million prisoners--for whom CDs are forbidden.
- Spammers employ Onion headlines to trick users into installing malware.
- In Newark, the opening of a Starbucks signaled vitalization; with its closing, the message shifted.
- Actress Estelle Getty, who played Sophia on The Golden Girls dies, age 84.
- Save a spot on the lanai: Getty in classic GG episodes; Matthew Baldwin's GG valentines.
- Lifetime, Wow! rates Lifetime television movies' awesomeness, "Lifetimeness," and "Hey! It's That Guy!"