Headlines from November 18, 2009
- British army recommends soldiers bribe the Taliban with gold.
- Op: At best, Palin's misunderstanding of the Israeli settlement debate is alarming; at worst, it's dangerous.
- Running and losing for vice president has never been a promising route to the Oval Office. History shows why Palin won't be president.
- Slideshow: Insane asylums through the years.
- Photos of the H1N1 pandemic--especially worth seeing are the eggs.
- Due to heavy rains in the Midwest, pumpkins are in short supply and may not last beyond Thanksgiving.
- For this month's "Of Recent Note," tell us: What are your nontraditional holiday traditions?
- Christoph Niemann finds unusual examples of biodiversity in fallen leaves.
- A blog devoted to faux obis: things that are (k)not wood.
- Was the movie cheesy, tacky, or corny? English offers more words, more opportunities for nuance.
- Video: Visualizing the decline of the British, French, Portuguese, and Spanish empires.
- The best books for girls and young women, a companion to the best books for boys and young men.
- Most subway riders will give up their seats if you just ask--though the less reason given, the higher your chance of success.
- The economics of pinball.
- A brief guide to the different ways to tie a scarf.
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not Magneto; a judgment in New York will remind us of the strength of our own values.
- Baldwin, Alec, preference for Stephen over, 314. Index for Going Rogue.
- Winning in Aghanistan means thinking like an Afghan politician, not a peacebuilder; i.e., think bribes.
- The case for suspending mail on Saturdays, seeing how the U.S.P.S. may soon be eliminated entirely.
- An E.U. anthem will likely need to avoid its members' own soldier-y lyrics.
- Op: The occupation has eroded Israel's moral fiber, and now its leaders can slough off charges of war crimes.
- Maersk Alabama attacked again by Somali pirates.
- Merticus, spokesperson for the Atlanta Vampire Alliance, says vampires "are mostly like anyone else."
- In Pakistan, conspiracy rumors are the currency of people completely locked out of power.
- Video: Trailer for Slackistan.
- Upset about noise in libraries, gasbag professor of Renaissance studies can't stop complaining.
- Inside the molecular gastronomy lab of Microsoft's Myhrvold, soon-to-be cookbook author.
- Op: Millions spent to market drugs yields billions for Pfizer & Co.--and this disgusting practice needs to stop.
- Mega-marathoners: obsessives who run hundreds of marathons, age be damned.
- The list doesn't destroy culture; it creates it. Umberto Eco on lists.
- Blockbuster would like its movies back, please.