Headlines from March 13, 2012
- Ezra Klein on the history of presidential rhetoric, and whether all those efforts at persuasion work.
- Each family was filmed by two cameras and watched all day by at least three observers. Field guide to the middle-class American family.
- Using heart monitors and data analysis, scientists hope to solve the Cundiff Conundrum, or, choking under pressure.
- Confessions of a small fish in the big pond of Major League baseball.
- Drunk and bleeding is never a good start to an interview. Report from an HR worker.
- Underdog Malt-o-Meal snaps up Pepsi’s famous “Choice of New Generation” catchphrase after it lapses.
- The ballad of (escape artist) Christopher Daniel Gay, and other thrilling tales. #audio
- Today in #TheRooster, wife meets child.
- Data tracked from seven sports books on which March Madness teams are getting bets.
- Don’t miss Pasha Malla’s mother’s picks for the Tournament.
- See also: Brackets without bias.
- Fight breaks out during Chicago Symphony concert; conductor doesn’t stop despite flashing “dagger eyes.”
- “This is the broken window of social behavior—when you ignore people walking the streets showing their ass.” via #opinions
- Interview with man who secretly climbed Antarctica’s scariest mountain on a weekend whim.
- Short movie on 1960s and ‘70s ice climbing in the Northeast. #video
- Militants in Afghanistan attack delegation visiting the site where a U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians.
- Headline not seen: “Afghans have displayed tremendous restraint in the wake of repeated and abhorrent killings of civilians.”
- Brief history of African stereotypes.
- Avoid having the African characters laugh, or just make do in mundane circumstances. Classic: How to write about Africa.
- Britain backs call for more sanctions against Iran, but has no plans to back an Israeli attack.
- In 2009, three times as many pro-gun laws were passed in the U.S. as antigun measures.
- Revisiting the people and places significant to Notorious BIG in what would be his 40th year.
- You can see why child labor does exist sometimes in some places. Story of a Brooklyn company’s attempts to source ethically sound jewelry from the Andes.
- Chavez prepares to head home from Cuba after latest round of cancer surgery.
- Twenty-eight thousand potted flowers installed at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
- Profile of the rise and fall of weapons dealer Viktor Bout. #longreads
- Homeless Texans employed as roving infrastructure for visiting high-tech workers. via
- Counterpoint: SXSW doesn’t lack for demeaning promotion jobs; heaven forbid should the homeless be visible.
- Please have a seat in the shaming room. Doonesbury takes on new Texas abortion law.