Headlines from March 4, 2010
- Greece wins support in Europe and the markets for austerity measures, though protests continue in Athens.
- William Deresiewicz's nuanced West Point speech on leadership.
- Notes on why the Washington Post appears to be helping Rahm Emanuel oust the president.
- Christopher Hitchens edits the 10 commandments.
- Op: To anyone from South Africa, Carter's take on apartheid in the West Bank and Gaza is blindingly obvious and correct.
- Lucid summary of studies showing face recognition to be largely inherited.
- Rules for turning graduate students into misbehaved big scientists.
- The propellers can be heard to speed up, followed by a bang. Gyrocopter cleaves off fox-hunt supporter's head.
- Sound samples show why modern pianos can't play Beethoven quite right.
- Exhibit designer explains how to sell Hadrian's lover to hundreds of seven-year-olds.
- An invitation to join the Ebert Club.
- Philosopher consumes Safran-Foer's Eating Animals, finds it "a brilliant synthesis of argument, science, and storytelling."
- Cow philosophy: valuable insights or just a load of bull?
- Blind-tasting puts Whole Foods up against Walmart.
- U.S. faces a lack of Security Council support in persuading the U.N. to pass new Iran sanctions.
- White House backs international trade ban on the highly prized--and "buttery"--Atlantic bluefin tuna.
- Obama demands action on health care, points to G.O.P. successes in welfare, Bush tax cuts as a possible avenue.
- R.N.C. fundraising materials caricature Obama, Reid, Pelosi, exhort donors to save the country from socialism.
- After evolution, the next classroom controversies are how to teach global warming and the Big Bang.
- The pilot tells him he has done an "awesome job." J.F.K. air-traffic controller suspended after letting his children clear planes for takeoff.
- TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin throws down the bucket, makes his case against popcorn.
- Maps of fast-food influence in the U.S.
- Mad emu attacks Texas police.
- Forget a West Oakland revival if the city wants to re-industrialize; the Gowanus is a dirty muse.
- Sneaking into the Jewish camp was a ludicrous idea. It was like breaking into Hell. But that's the sort of chap I was.
- During testimony, an incendiary, racist radio host reveals his secret life as a non-racist F.B.I. informant.
- "What has it been like for you losing your husband after so many years of marriage?" ... "Heaven."