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29 Oct 2009 07:19
Experiment: What if the Best Negro League Players Had Played in the Majors?
My Porsche Is Greener Than Your Prius
Does Twitter Protect Celebrities by Censoring Negative Tweets About Them?
Does the New Sweetener Stevia Taste Good? Is It Safe?
Hurray! Newspapers Aren't Doing as Badly as You Think.
The French Government Has a Cult-Fighting Unit?
The League: Finally, a Great TV Comedy About Fantasy Football
Help! My Friend's Husband Lies About His Smoking Habit.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009- I Spend My Free Time With Dead PeopleThe strange hobby of graving.Adrian Chen | Thursday, 9:36 AM ET
- Yankees Fan to A-Rod: Drop DeadA dispatch from Game 1 of the World Series.Josh Levinsports nut
- Roll Over, BeethovenHow Yamaha's new electronic piano improves upon a 300-year-old instrument.Chris Wilsonculturebox | Thursday, 9:30 AM ET
- House goes with more conservative public option; Obama goes to Dover; demand for work visas plummets; top fundraisers get posts in administration. | Thursday, 7:58 AM ET
- Ticked-Off by Tickle AttacksMy boyfriend thinks it's funny, but I don't. How can I get him to stop? | Thursday, 7:05 AM ET
- Google May Redefine GPSCaitlin McDevitt | Thursday, 7:04 AM ET
- The Last MoonwalkMichael Jackson's incredibly moving This Is It | Wednesday, 7:54 PM ET
- Paper HangersNewspapers aren't doing as badly as you think.Daniel Gross | Wednesday, 6:58 PM ET
- Cult BustersHow governments decide whether a religion is real or not. | Wednesday, 6:51 PM ET
- Defining Afghanistan DownThe president's new strategy will include a new view of what's possible.John Dickersonpolitics | Wednesday, 6:34 PM ET
- Friend or Foe?The worst thing about President Karzai's brother's CIA gig. | Wednesday, 6:19 PM ET
- The LeagueFinally, a great comedy about fantasy football. Troy Pattersontelevision | Wednesday, 3:44 PM ET
- Save the Planet: Drive a PorscheHow a classic car can be greener than your Prius.Joe Eatongearbox | Wednesday, 3:24 PM ET
- Satchel Paige vs. Babe RuthIntegrating Major League Baseball retroactively with Strat-o-Matic cards.Edward McClellandsports nut | Wednesday, 2:59 PM ET
- The Survivor | Wednesday, 2:47 PM ET
- Squaring the CircleThe Senate's public-option talk turns baroque. | Wednesday, 11:49 AM ET
- The Culture Gabfest, Bombard Me With Phonemes EditionListen to 's show about the week in culture.Stephen Metcalf, Jody Rosen, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner | culture gabfest | Wednesday, 11:34 AM ET
- Anita Dunn's Alibi: The Case of the Confusing Chinese?Obama Communications Director Anita Dunn says she was only cribbing from Lee Atwater when she approvingly quoted from Mao Tse-Tung in a graduation speech. ... Funny thing, though. I can't find a place where Atwater cited Mao. I can find lots of places where Atwater referenced Sun
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posted by Emily Yoffe
on October 28, 2009Quit Shouting!
I grew up in a household in which the normal mode of verbal interaction started at banshee and escalated to supersonic, so I was interested in the New York Times piece “ Shouting is the New Spanking ” that KJ wrote about last week . The article says that yelling at children is becoming as -
posted by William Saletan
on October 28, 2009Outdoor Smoking: A Compromise
A Los Angeles City Council committee voiced support today for a ban on smoking in the city's outdoor dining areas, but ordered several changes to the ordinance before sending it to the full council for approval. ... The legislation ... would ban smoking within a 10-foot radius of outdoor dining areas. The proposed no-smoking area around mobile food trucks and food kiosks would extend for 40 feet.
I want candy.
Cartoonists' take on airlines.
Mood music.
- Experiment: What if the Best Negro League Players Had Played in the Majors?
- My Porsche Is Greener Than Your Prius
- Does Twitter Protect Celebrities by Censoring Negative Tweets About Them?
- Does the New Sweetener Stevia Taste Good? Is It Safe?
- Hurray! Newspapers Aren't Doing as Badly as You Think.
- The French Government Has a Cult-Fighting Unit?
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