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Today in Tabs: Dolorous Umbrage
Today in Umbrage: Someone named Mark whose keyboard was broken sent me this long essay about outrage in pop music criticism last night. It's about the way our critical discourse takes interesting...
View ArticleOn the Road With Cut Copy, the Beatles of Electro-Pop
Snip. Snip.Ben Browning, the bassist of Cut Copy, is perched atop a well-worn couch in a dressing room at Boston’s House of Blues. He’s cutting his toenails.Snip. Snip.This is how the wildly popular...
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South Africans Bid Farewell to Madiba Under a Double Rainbow
Pretoria — They came as early as 6 a.m., wearing Nelson Mandela T-shirts and business suits, waving South African flags and raising umbrellas to block out the blazing sun.They were young and old,...
View ArticleMexico Is on the Brink of a New Oil Rush – If Their Politicians Allow It
It’s crunch time for the Mexican government’s heroic struggle to end one of the world’s most enduring monopolies and shake up its economy in the process.President Enrique Peña Nieto wants to end his...
View ArticleNorth Korea Executes Leader's Powerful Uncle In Rare Public Purge
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has executed the powerful uncle of young leader Kim Jong Un, state media said on Friday, the biggest upheaval in years as the ruling dynasty sought to distance itself from...
View ArticleJudge’s Decision May Keep North Carolina Voters From the Polls
Will African-Americans be able to vote in North Carolina’s midterm elections?For many the answer is, “Maybe not.” That’s because a federal court won’t decide whether North Carolina’s new,...
View ArticleWesleyan Slinks Away from Its Activist Roots
“Why is there a boy in here?”That’s one of the nicer comments Bryce, a senior at Wesleyan University who identifies as “gender nonconforming,” hears in the women’s bathrooms on campus. In the men’s...
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Ethiopia's War on Homosexuals
In a bleak little apartment on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, nearly a dozen men in their 20s take turns trying on a pair of black skinny jeans and watching Project Runway episodes downloaded off...
View ArticleCrowd Breaks Through Barrier On Mandela's Last Day Of Lying In State
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mourners, some breaking through police barriers, flocked to South Africa's central government buildings on Friday to say a personal goodbye to anti-apartheid...
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This Week in Weird Weather
No hurricanes, record-breaking typhooons, or new islands this week; Mother Nature might be taking a holiday. In Europe, people continued to grapple with the aftermath of winter strom Xaver, while the...
View ArticleWhy Boehner Bucked the Tea Party and Passed a Bipartisan Budget
On Thursday evening, the House of Representatives did the unthinkable: It passed a bipartisan budget by a whopping 332 to 94 votes. Known these days as the dysfunctional, Tea Party-dominated, awkward...
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Today in Tabs: SYSTROM Mk. IX & the Bananapants
Instagram's charismatic android leader SYSTROM Mk. IX called a press conference yesterday to announce the invention, at long last, of picture-messaging! Making frequent reference to "our shared human...
View ArticlePow! Zap! Kerrash! Enter Madiba, Comic Book Hero
Add comic book hero to Nelson Mandela’s long resume.He is not yet in the ground, but the former president of South Africa and international icon of democratic freedom and liberation from persecution...
View ArticleSend in the Browns
“I can’t stand losing,” Cleveland Brown cornerback Joe Haden said recently, tears welling in his eyes, after being beaten on the game-winning touchdown pass in the final minute. "It hurts. I go out...
View ArticleThe Carnivorous Habits of Humans Are Endangering the Planet
Can eating a cheeseburger be considered an act of war? Yes, but only if you understand the delicate and intricate relationship of the many living creatures on Earth.Consider first the place humans...
View ArticleTwo Numbers: The Rich Are Getting Richer, Faster
Speaking at a nonprofit community center in one of Washington’s poorest neighborhoods, President Obama recently promised to devote the rest of his presidency to addressing income inequality. His...
View ArticleFBI Sabotaged Levinson Investigation, Family Lawyer Says
Last Thursday afternoon, an urgent call went out from CIA headquarters to the spy agency’s director, John Brennan, who was giving a speech to a graduating class at “The Farm,” the CIA’s training...
View ArticleSpain Resists Exhumation of Mass Graves From the Franco Era
Earlier this month, in the town of Aranda de Duero, 100 miles north of Madrid, mourners reinterred the bone remains of 129 family members found in four mass graves. The victims, all men except one,...
View ArticleMandela Laid to Rest As Mourners Bid Final Farewell
Qunu, South Africa—Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically-elected president and its most beloved leader, was laid to rest Sunday at a state funeral in the lush green hills he roamed...
View ArticleGadget Lust: Pressed Into Service
This may have been the best week in my kids’ lives. I made waffles every single day, sometimes twice. They got waffles for breakfast and waffles for dinner. My children like waffles so much they will...
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