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Headlines from January 21, 2013
Fifty percent of Americans are happy to see Obama sworn in, down from nearly 7 out of 10 in 2009.
The first and scariest inaugural address, John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” speech, was actually about encouraging charity.
Yankee Doodle keep it up etc.
Brief history of inaugural poems.
Ezra Stoller’s architectural photographs of post-war America at work.
#tmn
A one-percent fall in economic output increases infant mortality by 7.4 deaths per 1,000 girls against 1.5 for boys.
Twenty-first century doping includes microdoses of enhancers, magnetic fields, and bioengineering.
The deeper you dive, the more you get paid.
Nathaniel Rich on the very dangerous business of commercial diving.
In our fragmented pop-culture universe, it’s getting more difficult to catch the references.
Bill Cosby, speed reader, offers three strategies for reading faster: preview, skim, and cluster.
He’s still bright on the inside—even polished—thanks to the years of oiling by fingertips and palms.
Ode to a dying laptop.
See also: “With typewriters you’re creating something that, however terrible, lives in the world.”
Vote for your favorite 2012 fiction among our finalists in the 2013 Tournament of Books Zombie Poll.
#tmn
Related: TMN seeks a new intern.
World’s largest natural sound archive now available to hear online.
More than one old person ordered me, “Do not get old.” They did not appear to be kidding.
Obama to take the oath of office this morning for the second time—an honor granted only to 16 men before him.
Actually, Obama took the oath yesterday and didn’t screw it up.
Fox News to shut down for routine maintenance at 11:30 a.m. and will broadcast “a continuous photomontage of white people.”
Round-up of nine things Obama can do in his second term to improve the environment.
Long account of how Lincoln avoided assassination on the eve of his first inauguration.
China and Japan sliding toward war over five islets in the East China Sea.
China snaps at Clinton for misunderstanding events, when she says the U.S. opposes “any unilateral actions” by China.
Last conflict in which two uniformed militaries fought each other: Russia and Georgia, 2008.
Google chairman’s daughter blogs about their trip to North Korea, where it’s very, very cold and very, very strange.
See also: “North Korea Won’t Be Liberated in a Day.”
#tmn
Notes on the current trade in smuggling and selling Mongolian dinosaur bones.
#longreads
By 1980, four of every five American beers were manufactured by just six companies.
History of the collapse and resurgence of American beer.
To brighten up your Monday: art made from fruits and vegetables.
Sitting is our era’s smoking—writer encourages making more of your meetings “walking meetings.”
We’ve been beaten down since we were kids that you’re never too injured to play.
NFL players discuss pain and injury.
Fewer players in the NBA these days post big shooting numbers because of the defensive technique called “flooding ball-side box.”
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