Headlines from May 29, 2009
- They have become like dead people walking. There is no life in their eyes. A rare report from the forgotten Mogadishu, on the verge of collapse.
- In Uganda, a son searches for his father's remains 30 years after his anonymous execution.
- It's a steamy, sulfur-filled hell down there. Photos of the harsh conditions found in Indonesia's volcanic mines.
- An association of Latvian blondes plans a weekend of events to take people's minds off a severe recession.
- Identity politics aren't all bad: Diverse groups, like the future Supreme Court, make better decisions.
- Love when you're blind is about voice, personality, brain, and what "sighties" say about your partner--which can be just as shallow.
- Graphing the Terminator series on a scale of sexiness over time.
- Stop shaving and use the sunbed to gain a tan. How to fake time travel and get your friend to fall in love with you.
- Game designer applies World of Warcraft to corporate email, sees games' future in encouraging healthy behavior.
- The higher your degree, the better your health; the more you have in student loans, the longer you live.
- "There won't be any biographies of me." Brad Gooch delivers the first comprehensive overview of Flannery O'Connor.
- Kurlansky examines pre-War American cuisine, when squirrel was an entree, and foodies weren't born yet.
- "The American public doesn't realize it, but they're going to miss us if we're gone." As local papers continue their demise, assessing the damage so far.
- New Maira Kalman blog post visits a military base for Memorial Day.
- Kalman among this year's recipients of TMN Editors' Awards for Online Excellence.
- Retired general says we haven't seen additional Abu Ghraib photos because they're too indecent.
- Your Saturday morning read: Errol Morris on Nazi-era Vermeer forgeries.
- What China might be like today, had the 1989 democracy movement prevailed.
- Alpha Centauri is this generation's Mars: close enough to "dramatically extend the frontier of human achievement."
- Jokey reviews of the wolf T-shirt have pushed it to the top spot in Amazon.com's clothing sales.
- One of the odder sensations of reading on the Kindle is a sensation of eternal presentness.
- Words to be used for the national spelling bee are devised by secret committee, reportedly often from product catalogs.
- An open, disgruntled letter to the makers of Red cameras and the iPhone "Brushes" application.
- Lorraine O'Grady remembers Basquiat's evasions, star power, and the aura of "cocaine paranoia."
- On exhibit: Lisa Jack's photos of college-era Obama.
- Video: Literal version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart."