Headlines from November 6, 2012
- Can we at least agree…that when it comes to voting itself the election of 2012 is a national disgrace?
- The next president must face up to global human rights abuses—as candidates, they’ve ignored the issue.
- Ian Frazier: “In America, we know better than to tax the rich. Or do we?”
- Johnson was found in the second half of an epic bender. A history of U.S. presidents and their booze of choice. #tmn
- Anheuser-Busch voices displeasure at being a drunk pilot’s beverage of choice in Flight.
- $30 billion and eight years for a comprehensive storm flooding protection plan actually sounds optimistic. Can New York become New Amsterdam again?
- The algorithmic city: creepy, efficient, or maybe both.
- An explanation of the grammar—or lack thereof—of telephone numbers.
- Paintings of Bill Murray as Wes Anderson characters he didn’t play. #art
- Argo put in the historical context of Iran bashing—factual mistakes are called out. #movies
- My parents all of a sudden produced a baby boy, which my mother said was what I had always wanted. Alice Munro, “The Eye.”
- Cyndi Lauper’s stylist talks MTV, Rodney Dangerfield, and the “birds of paradise” haircut.
- Profile of Oliver Sacks, the recluse turned unlikely science representative.
- Romania exploits links between British royal family and Dracula to attract more tourists.
- Researchers spot Alzheimer’s signs two decades before symptoms appear. #health
- Former 2 Live Crew troublemaker Luther Campbell found happiness as a high school football coach in Miami Beach.
- Where voting no means voting yes to change: a survey of the most confusing ballots voters will face today.
- To keep them accountable, a round-up of pundits’ predictions.
- Dear Young Conservative…I know what it is to be a young conservative. I was one.
- An acid trip at a Romney rally ends in anticlimax—with a speech delivered a thousand times before.
- Never have so many billions of dollars been spent to move so few votes. What to watch on election night.
- Europe’s federal parliament losing its support and authority as Germany pushes for more Europe.
- Vigilante patrols in Cairo protect women from harassers who previously operated with impunity.
- The other most powerful man in the world is being chosen this week in China—the reformer is expected to win it.
- How the MTA got the subway running again so quickly: good precautions, priority pumping.
- Biological physicist heats and eats bio-printed meat. #video
- Governor, this is Bruce. While on Air Force One, Obama put Springsteen on the phone with Christie.
- Find your fucking polling place.