Tuesday morning roundup

North Africa is on fire. Meanwhile, Ggabo is staying put through continued access to the banks.

The core of Chris Rock's joke is all too true.

I really like David Brooks' critique of 'Tiger Mother.' Redeems his pretty annoying 'Social Animal' piece in the New Yorker. Back to the Tiger Mom issue, though--Petula Dvorak's take away is, it's quite helpful in moderation. By the way and for what it's worth, Jay and I were horrified by an (Asian) child at the Sackler yesterday--he was completely out of control and his parents were completely ignoring him. The security guard actually asked them to leave (so he went on to wreak havoc in the gift shop, from which we could still hear him). Jay and I couldn't believe that the parents thought that the kid's behavior was in any way appropriate. Later on, another group of hyperactive kids came in, but the father was doing everything in his power to keep down the noise level and running through the galleries.

In celebration of kooky algorithms.