The British government wants to ban qat, but apparently hasn’t done their research.
The BBC honors fallen journalists.
Matt Yglesias (reading Greg Easterbrook) warns us of the asteroid menace.
A test to figure out your political views and match you to international leaders (I’m closest to Nelson Mandela!).
Men who cry (and we love them for it). Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan
Some people can live with just 100 things. I think I could do that if I was like the one woman who counts all of her shoes (30+ pairs) as a single item (not because of my shoes, but my books. Those would be hard to give up).
A short review of recent events in Zimbabwe, plus some reasons to hope.
A ‘good news’ feeder for idealists. If only.
