Headlines from June 28, 2012

Chief Justice Roberts votes to uphold health-care reform, arguing the “individual mandate” is constitutional.
Majority of Americans cannot name the Supreme Court’s chief justice.
Examples of countries that have implemented near-universal health care.
Interactive guide to the Affordable Care Act ruling’s key portions.
Coloradoans fleeing wildfires see hell in the rearview mirror.
Plano, Texas, named second most vain city in the U.S.
The Minitel, France’s precursor to the internet, to be shut down; 2,500 dairy farmers to call for the inseminator by other means.
Brief history of the remote control.
Essay about the effect of a taxi cab on your brain when you’re a New York cyclist. #tmn
See also: How not to kill a cyclist.
Ethics of superhero journalists from Clark Kent to Peter Parker.
What unfolds is remarkable. List of the 25 best movies of 2012.
Concept credited to Nora Ephron: The One-Time-Only Book Club.
Thursday fiction: Wonderful 79-word story by Jess Walter.
Even when he does tell you everything, you can’t entirely trust it. John Jeremiah Sullivan on Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!
The fight over the Affordable Care Act is a debate that’s lasted since the Articles of Confederation.
In a program backed by the CDC, Walgreen’s to begin offering free HIV tests at its walk-in clinics.
After finding little evidence it will produce tumors in humans, FDA approves weight-loss drug.
Musicians respond to David Lowery’s NPR intern missive: You’re ignoring those who never profited. via
It’s an agreement to not grow up together. Withnail & I is a rare example of getting the straight male breakup right.
James Cameron is shooting three Avatar sequels simultaneously. #movies
Brazilian inmates receive reduced sentences for writing book reports.
Desolate Olympic stadiums after the big dance. #photos
Sports science could be the key to shaving off the hundredth of a second necessary for an Olympic gold.
Quiet down. Great White Men are speechifying. Hey Internet Girl. #memes
A supercut of Sorkinisms. via #video
Bad dinners like the one we went to last night. What Nora Ephron will and will not miss.