Headlines from March 28, 2012
- The war not seen on TV: 2011’s best pictures from official military photographers.
- Ronald Reagan: Our first black president? Nine headlines from Conservative Teen magazine.
- Afghan parents disguise girls as boys to “complete” the family and send to work.
- Pictures of teen girls paired with like adult male-to-female transsexuals.
- Jeff Koons proposes hanging a train above New York’s High Line.
- Navajos and National Park Service to fight over giving the Grand Canyon a tram.
- In single-instance exception, government gives same-sex partner health benefits to federal employee.
- Man in Japan obtains injunction ordering Google to stop associating his name with crime.
- Terrific diary on life in Syria.
- Chinese workers building your iPad “represent the largest migration in human history”—oh, and don’t feel bad, despite what Daisey said.
- Hillary and Norgay’s climbing gear compared to that of today’s mountaineers.
- Study claims 75% of Warcraft players are dating another player; of those, 75% traveled over 100 miles to meet.
- Super-fan of R.E.M. didn’t tell Mike Mills about his fandom.
- Only three days left in #TheRooster! Zombie Round begins today!
- One month later, a reminder that the Trayvon Martin case isn’t about hoodies, extremists, or Rivera.
- Poll finds 55 percent of Americans were unaware of last week’s Etch a Sketch incident.
- Santorum and Gingrich don’t contest supporters who say the President is Muslim.
- Support for the war in Afghanistan drops sharply.
- The face must be visible. And the photos must show you as the passive partner. Turkish army requirements to establish homosexuality.
- Profile of a New York super-foodie finds criteria for defining new breed of young urban obsessives.
- Brief history of recent restaurants’ naming techniques.
- Related trend in publishing and media: titling something with someone’s daughter.
- Drinking a can of soda is equivalent to consuming two Cadbury eggs.
- Short films about a ham man. #video
- See also: Short documentary about a toy maker.
- Ian McEwan on the concept of originality in art and science when everyone’s sitting on giants’ shoulders.
- Interactive transcript from yesterday’s health care debate.
- MIT economist defends the individual mandate as the most sensible, cost-effective, and just approach.
- Fantastic: R. Crumb talks about other people.
