July 2011
Today's issue of The Daily: July 31, 2011
Passengers walk away from plane broken in two, coverage of the debt crisis, video from Seoul of a massive rush hour landslide, some beautiful photographs of antique cars going to auction, op-ed on why we should flunk the bad teachers, and much more.
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Coquette: Do Nothing
Later this month, my husband, children and I are taking a vacation, and a fairly substantial leg of the trip is going to be spent at my in-laws’ house. We are going to spend several days there, including all meals and sleeping. It’s going to be awful. The in-laws and I, especially my mother-in-law, used to get along swimmingly. Then she got another daughter-in-law and decided she liked her...
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Which 'Jersey Shore' personality kissed a girl and... →
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“Catherine screams the unspoken fears of modern men: That we are being made...”
– Chris Plante reviews Catherine, the new puzzle game dressed as an erotic thriller and designed exclusively for adults.
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“So why does “Cowboys and Aliens” feel so boringly inert? In part, it’s a movie,...”
– Zach Baron reviews “Cowboys and Aliens”
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Baseball's Worst Calls →
You think the call that cost the Pirates yesterday’s game was bad?
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“I don’t peddle Barbara.”
– Barbara Streisand’s longtime manager, Marty Erlichman, on the heated negotiations over Babs’ new contract. She might ditch Columbia Records, her label of 49 years, for UMG.
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Coquette: Romantic perfection? Don't be so naive.
Dear Coquette,
I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost a year. He’s 29, and I’m 22. We don’t fight much, the sex is mind blowing, and we have fun together.
But, to be honest, I don’t really enjoy talking to him. He’s not my best friend. I can talk to him about anything, but it’s sometimes like talking to a brick wall.
But for some reason, the sex is seriously the best I’ve ever had. I’ve never...
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“I blame Congress for not giving the Postal Service the authority to actually...”
– Rick Geddes, associate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, on the USPS announcement that it may close 1 in 10 of its post offices.
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The belles of the NFL ball →
With the lockout turning the wining and dining of free agents into a shotgun wedding, these players have the most to gain.
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“Far from being a source of economic power, the dominance of the U.S. dollar has...”
– Opinion columnist Reihan Salam points his finger at the rest of the world when it comes to the U.S. debt crisis.
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“After all the abuse he’s taken during his tenure, there was Goodell yesterday,...”
– Sports columnist Dan Wolken argues Commissioner Goodell — who’s been called a crook, a fraud and a devil — still deserves an apology.
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“Journalism just doesn’t feel comfortable with interpreting news or reporting or...”
– Opinion columnist Trevor Butterworth on the media’s inability to accurately report on science.
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“You’ve got owners who socked away money, you’ve got a case in the Supreme Court...”
– NFL union chief DeMaurice Smith talks about whether or not he anticipated the management-labor dispute. He spoke exclusively to The Daily.
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