Headlines from May 18, 2012
- Argument for a two-state solution based on coordinated unilateral actions, without negotiation.
- What if we could crowdfund militia? Meet Kickstriker.
- Americans getting “more liberal” on gay marriage, “more conservative” on gun rights.
- Controversial painting of South African president’s penis reported sold.
- Thom Steinbeck answers questions about receiving letters from his dad, the author.
- Related: Steinbeck letter that he sent to his son, with good advice for the lovelorn.
- If you enjoyed The Art of the Steal—a review of the new/stolen Barnes Collection.
- Patriots: Catch TMN’s @Rosecrans Baldwin at Harvard Book Store tonight in Boston at 7 p.m.
- His voice is so high, it sounds like a ringtone. Bieber, turning 18, challenges reporter to boxing match, then loses interest.
- Ninety-five-year-old backpacker plans to see Europe this summer.
- Book critic Michael Dirda—“best-read man in America”—answers questions from Reddit members.
- Reviews of photo gear to transform your iPhone into a decent camera.
- Great profile of the Spurs’ Tim Duncan, perhaps the greatest basketball player of his generation, arguably the most anonymous.
- Turtles the size of Smart cars once roamed the rivers in what is now Colombia, preying on creatures as large as crocodiles.
- Mustache maintenance tips from man with the world’s longest mustache.
- The Facebook’s friends section is, for some people, the most important of all. “Friending,” as explained in 2004.
- Looking back at the punk-like radicalism of Donna Summer, who died yesterday at 63.
- A video timeline of Donna Summer’s most memorable songs. #video
- More than 100 DJ sets available for download from drum and bass legend LTJ Bukem.
- Skechers to pay up for “muscle-toning” shoes that fail to live up to claims.
- Scientists find those who produce more dopamine can muster greater effort when faced with unpleasant tasks.
- It was very, very hard. Limbless man swims 12 miles from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia.
- Abandoned bikes all over New York City. #photos
- Hi-res scans and tech recreate Phineas Gage’s infamous brain injury.
- Sleep, which might bring respite from the miseries of the day, becomes increasingly elusive. Judge fighting cancer defends medical marijuana.
- Because in Europe poverty is a misfortune, but in America it is shameful. I wonder whether or not you can stand the shame of being poor.