- America’s ‘quiet catastrophe’: Millions of idle men (WaPo) "The “quiet catastrophe” is particularly dismaying because it is so quiet, without social turmoil or even debate. It is this: After 88 consecutive months of the economic expansion that began in June 2009, a smaller percentage of American males in the prime working years (ages 25 to 54) are working than were working near the end of the Great Depression in 1940, when the unemployment rate was above 14 percent. If the labor-force participation rate were as high today as it was as recently as 2000, nearly 10 million more Americans would have jobs."
ENTERTAINMENT:
- The Real Message in Ang Lee’s Latest? ‘It’s Just Good to Look At’ (NYT) "What distinguishes it even from Mr. Lee’s idiosyncratic filmography is that he has made “Billy Lynn” in 3-D, and it will be shown — in theaters that can accommodate it — at 4K resolution and a rate of 120 frames per second, surpassing any previous major movie release."
BUSINESS/PERSONAL FINANCE:
- Trend Spotting: What Is Early Retirement? (Personal Capital) "These motivated folks strive for financial independence in order to have the flexibility to do what they want in life instead of exchanging time for money."
- Samsung in Cross Hairs of American Hedge Fund (NYT)
- MailChimp and the Un-Silicon Valley Way to Make It as a Start-Up (NYT)
- Securing an Early Retirement: The Blogosphere’s 7 Best Lessons (Personal Capital)
NEWS:
- NSA contractor arrested for stealing top secret data (WaPo) and N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets (NYT) "Mr. Martin is suspected of taking the highly classified computer code developed by the agency to break into computer systems of adversaries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, some of it outdated."
- Security Council Backs António Guterres to Be Next U.N. Secretary General (NYT) "Trained as a theoretical physicist, Mr. Guterres is a veteran politician and a member of his country’s Socialist Party. His first major diplomatic test will be to rally Russia and whoever wins the presidency in the United States to address the carnage in Syria. He will also face a range of thorny conflicts elsewhere, from South Sudan to Yemen, and nuclear brinkmanship in North Korea."
- Is the 9/11 Bill a Political Disaster? A Saudi Expert Weighs in. (Ozy) "Obama made the most compelling argument against the bill in that this could have an adverse impact on the way in which the United States conducts its foreign policy — and more so than any other country, simply because the U.S. has more diplomatic missions and a wider military presence than any other country."
- Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November (WaPo)
- Xi Jinping May Delay Picking China’s Next Leader, Stoking Speculation (NYT)
SCIENCE:
- Jeff Bezos launches–and lands–his rocket for a fifth time, surprising even himself (WaPo) and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Didn't Go Kaboom After Escape Pod Test (Wired)
TECHNOLOGY:
- Yahoo scanned all of its users’ incoming emails on behalf of U.S. intelligence officials (WaPo) and Yahoo Was Ordered to Search Email for Digital ‘Signature,’ Source Says (NYT)
BOTTOM OF THE NEWS:
- The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (BBC)
- Boutique Vinyl for the Musical Masses (Ozy)
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BUSINESS/PERSONAL FINANCE:
- Trend Spotting: What Is Early Retirement? (Personal Capital) "These motivated folks strive for financial independence in order to have the flexibility to do what they want in life instead of exchanging time for money."
- Samsung in Cross Hairs of American Hedge Fund (NYT)
- MailChimp and the Un-Silicon Valley Way to Make It as a Start-Up (NYT)
- Securing an Early Retirement: The Blogosphere’s 7 Best Lessons (Personal Capital)
NEWS:
- NSA contractor arrested for stealing top secret data (WaPo) and N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets (NYT) "Mr. Martin is suspected of taking the highly classified computer code developed by the agency to break into computer systems of adversaries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, some of it outdated."
- Security Council Backs António Guterres to Be Next U.N. Secretary General (NYT) "Trained as a theoretical physicist, Mr. Guterres is a veteran politician and a member of his country’s Socialist Party. His first major diplomatic test will be to rally Russia and whoever wins the presidency in the United States to address the carnage in Syria. He will also face a range of thorny conflicts elsewhere, from South Sudan to Yemen, and nuclear brinkmanship in North Korea."
- Is the 9/11 Bill a Political Disaster? A Saudi Expert Weighs in. (Ozy) "Obama made the most compelling argument against the bill in that this could have an adverse impact on the way in which the United States conducts its foreign policy — and more so than any other country, simply because the U.S. has more diplomatic missions and a wider military presence than any other country."
- Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it’s on the ballot this November (WaPo)
- Xi Jinping May Delay Picking China’s Next Leader, Stoking Speculation (NYT)
SCIENCE:
- Jeff Bezos launches–and lands–his rocket for a fifth time, surprising even himself (WaPo) and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Didn't Go Kaboom After Escape Pod Test (Wired)
TECHNOLOGY:
- Yahoo scanned all of its users’ incoming emails on behalf of U.S. intelligence officials (WaPo) and Yahoo Was Ordered to Search Email for Digital ‘Signature,’ Source Says (NYT)
BOTTOM OF THE NEWS:
- The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (BBC)
- Boutique Vinyl for the Musical Masses (Ozy)
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