Sunday, June 23, 2013

Sunday morning roundup

Stay classy, European far-right parties. And Saudi Arabia's justice system. And Yahoo! News.


Who knew that an iPad and a dictionary definition could defuse an international incident.

Is there hope yet for a two-state solution?

People do have an inclination to overcome their differences. [Note: if you search on the author's name in the Post, where I read the review (in print), nothing comes up at all. Excellent business practices, WashPo.]

Here's some bioengineering we can believe in.

Drugs are not the best way to deal with chronic pain.


That stale, leftover cigarette smoke can still harm you.

The psychology of spending.

Kathleen Parker had a deadline and thought the Zimmerman jury might make a timely topic, but she failed to come up with anything coherent. Seriously, what is that? Does she have a son in middle school who wrote it for his school newspaper, and graciously offered it to his mom, who was apparently in a bind?

Metro picks its battles and goes on the offensive against the blight of broken escalators. Kidding! Metro goes on the offensive against a gardener.

Michelle Singletary doesn't want you to blow money you don't have on a wedding you can't afford. But does her newspaper realize that it's bad business to run a partner's story in print but make it impossible to find on its own site online? (The story, in case you care, is about the etiquette of electronic wedding invitations).

Yes, yes it would be easier if we could just lay eggs. But (also) yes, women do care about sex.

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