Headlines from September 13, 2012
- On the hunt for the director of Innocence of Muslims: He’s not an Israeli Jew; he’s a California felon using a pseudonym.
- Trailer for the absurd Innocence of Muslims. #video
- This is not simply a matter of “politicizing” tragedy; often, tragedy is political, and it is more than fair to recognize that.
- Reagan and Bush refused to criticize Carter’s handling of the Iran hostage crisis from the campaign trail. #politics
- Why conservatives are frustrated with Romney.
- “None of the above” should be an option on U.S. election ballots. #opinions
- A single Facebook message led to an additional 342,000 votes in the 2010 U.S. election.
- How SEAL Team 6 sleeps: frequent use of Ambien.
- No matter how good your record has been, it’s a new roll of the dice. Ask a hostage negotiator.
- A new study finds by the time overweight children turn 10, they consume fewer calories than their peers. #health
- On the gender gap in athletics, and why some people throw like a girl. #sports
- Sportswear companies battle for patent control of pair of yoga pants.
- Man attempting to board New Delhi flight caught with a seven-inch loris monkey hidden in his underwear. #animals
- Every culture invents its own method and its own system of reasoning. Why I’m studying Sanskrit.
- In a letter to his son, Ted Hughes talks about the child that lives within each of us.
- Researchers administer Austen-reading patients MRIs to learn about science of reading.
- Live tweets from an LSD trip.
- The researcher who flouted the U.S. government’s ban on medical studies of the effects of LSD. #tmn
- They had no budget, it was foie gras and Kobe steaks every day. The life of a tech company chef. #profiles
- Libya attacks were likely premeditated as retaliation for drone strikes—not a spontaneous reaction to a movie.
- Protesters storm grounds of U.S. embassy in Yemen.
- Income gap is the widest in 40 years: poverty rate at 20-year high, fewer uninsured, rich richer.
- Obituary by friend of diplomat Sean Smith, killed in Libya—an extraordinary video-gaming diplomat.
- Tepid Egyptian response to fourth embassy assault displeases U.S., may profoundly affect the region.
- Syrian rebel group in Homs kills foreign jihadist leader, fearing an Islamist leader worse than Assad.
- In Libya, Tunisia, Syria, ultraconservative Salafi movement threatens gains, but is fragmented.
- Plans to stage perma-film festival using famed video collection went awry amid Sicilian odyssey. #longreads
- State Dept. wants to rebrand U.S. food abroad with celebrity chef diplomacy, ignoring foodie imperialism. #opinion
- With man-machine chess war over, tech cheats threaten honor, future of the game.
- New albums by The xx and Jens Lekman make the case that breakups can be angst-free.