interesting things
Scores of of songs in the Bhojpuri language, commonly used in north India, celebrate the mobile phone both as a fashion statement and a handy tool for romance.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/colloquial-music-spawns-a-culture-of-romance/
William C. Rhoden looks at the high number of no-hitters and near no-hitters this season and believes the reason rests more in the batter’s box than on the pitcher’s mound.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/19/more-to-rash-of-no-hitters-than-pitching/
The report on past job performance has morphed into a driver of future job performance.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/magazine/are-the-jobs-number-killing-jobs.html
Since Hosni Mubarak received a life sentence, a torrent of leaks has sprung suggesting that he may be nearing his end.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/world/middleeast/once-illegal-health-rumors-now-have-mubarak-die-daily.html
Five days after Greece’s elections, its soccer team could play Germany’s. How would fans — and politicians — behave?
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/greece-v-germany/
Investigations like the ones that Republicans are seeking into national security leaks can be enormously disruptive to a White House.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/white-house-rebuffs-calls-for-a-special-prosecutor/
Efforts to get noncitizens off the voter rolls are relying on outdated information, the Justice Department says, and are taking place too close to the next election.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/us/justice-department-sues-florida-over-voter-purge.html
Raising the age of consent to 18 makes little sense when nearly half of all women are married by then.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/indias-new-child-sex-abuse-bill-unrealistic-critics-say/
A Libyan militia has detained four officials of the International Criminal Court since last Thursday on spurious charges. They should be released immediately.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/opinion/detained-in-libya.html
Obama supporters court Hispanics by using Romney’s words against him.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/pro-obama-ad-targets-hispanics-in-swing-states/