Stock photos of heroin addicts (The Guardian) Government Agents inspecting your privates (The New American) Dictators being dictated (Deadline) Self-perpetuating wealth (New York Times) Some politicians do have a heart! (LA Times)     The height of musical class via Wikimedia Commons

Trickster Sacha Baron Cohen is still invited to this weekend’s Oscars, but only under certain conditions. (Hollywood Reporter) A Columbia survey found that 70% of youths have illegally attained music, TV shows, or movies (sorry!!) – but is it an invitation for further crackdowns or easier legal access? (MSNBC) Anne Frank has been invited posthumously pulled into […]

Lit Hum: Read The Iliad, or at least see it condensed into a one-man play. (Backstage) CC: Do not burn the Koran. Ever. (Bloomberg, Reuters, Washington Post, Daily Mail, CNN, NYT) FroSci: Comment intelligibly on a supermassive black hole. And no, not the Muse song. (The Register) PE: Go whitewater rafting to spy on people, then crack […]

A spokeswoman for Rick Santorum realized a little late that not all of Obama’s policies can be blamed on his radical Islamic nature. (Gawker) A Chicago public school teacher learned the hard way that you cannot, in fact, use racial slurs as teaching tools. (Gothamist) All the broke hipsters out there can no longer use […]

Jeffery Sachs was all like, “You’re a crude Keynesian” and then Krugman was all like, “Naw, bro.” (Business Week) Sharing is caring. But, maybe not too much? (Economist, NYT) If someone told you to jump over a bridge, let’s be real, you probably would. (HuffPo) Google’s been caught redhanded stealing from the Safari cookie jar. (Wired) […]

Rome: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York was appointed a Catholic Cardinal this weekend. Red hats abound. (NYT) Montauk: Gawker profiles one of the most creative and implausible con artists in recent memory, the so-called “Montauk Grifter.” Users of OkCupid: you’ve been warned. (Gawker) China: The people who make your iPad can’t afford your iPad. […]

In: Smelling like a Yankee (Gothamist) Out: Gay marriage. (Reuters) In?: Gay marriage (NYT) Out: Mormons looking cute for class (HuffPo) In: Exercise (Gawker) Style Advice via Wikimedia Commons

New York Times foreign correspondent and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid passed away in Syria due to a severe asthma attack. (Columbia Journalism Review) Jon Stewart has temporarily cornered the market on late night satire. (New York Times) Corruption is everywhere. (The Guardian) Never take candy from strangers undercover cops. (AlterNet) Bunnies via Wikimedia […]

Jeremy Lin continues to be a boss. While you’re admiring his skills, don’t forget about the other Ivy League players who’ve changed sports history. But you can cut it out with all the bad puns. (Daily News, PolicyMic, #linify it, USA Today) Much to everyone’s surprise, Columbia is not New York’s hottest college. Smart guys finish […]

Did you kick back with a favorite salty snack? At least you didn’t spend 2.7 billion on it.  (CNN) Did Valentine’s with your sweetie fall short of expectations? At least you’re not being charged with disorderly conduct to the second degree. (LA Times) Did you seek love in wildlife? At least—unlike Shakira—you probably had the sense not to pet […]

To get off to a bright start: some think that it might not be that bad to be alone. Become part of the debate on the pros and cons of living solo. (NYT) After you make your decision and fall into inevitable despair, New York tells you how to drink tonight based on your personal […]

The Grammys were last night!  Adele learned you can take an awful break-up and parlay it into 6 awards, viewers learned who Bonny Bear Bon Iver is, and Nicki Minaj pissed off Italian grandmothers everywhere. (Reuters, Fox News) Though our Occupy class never came to fruition, students at other universities are getting schooled in the […]

Rest in peace to Whitney Houston, who died unexpectedly yesterday in a Beverly Hills hotel. (LA Times) It’s better in…Japan? Japanese innovation is back, and this time it has turned its gaze to blue jeans, French food, and espresso. (Wall Street Journal). The genius behind 5-hour energy spent time living as a monk in India. […]

Jeremy Lin, the Harvard grad who came off the bench to become the surprising new star of the Knicks, is inspired by Tim Tebow. (Gothamist) The guy with all the frattitude in your lecture may be hiding some deep seated insecurities. (HuffPo) The Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show (this Monday in Madison […]

Fighting the war on lame hats Drugs: Latin American leaders call for drug regulation because the War on Drugs isn’t working. (Washington Post) Body Fat: Analysts are slaves to passion. (Yahoo!) Tax Evasion: Society expects something of you! (The Atlantic) Contraception: More fancy hats. (New York Times)   Ye Olde Analysts via Wikimedia Commons