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Automobiles
Cars to Watch, and Wish For, at the Monterey Auctions
Rob Sass offers his take on some notable cars up for auction in Monterey.I bought 500 Nokia instead. I will fix the car I have.
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N.Y. / Region
Con Ed Sells Building Near Ground Zero Where Plans for Mosque Caused Uproar
The developer, Soho Properties, now intends to build a museum dedicated to Islam, and a 39-story condominium tower on an adjacent property.Business Day
Drug Used for Ebola-Related Virus Shows Promise
Researchers said the experimental treatment kept monkeys alive in a study even after the Marburg virus was already detectable in the animals’ blood.
By Any Means Necessary
A new effort to derail the Affordable Care Act has cast a light on raw judicial politics.Technology
Steve Ballmer Quits Microsoft Board, Citing His Outside Duties
The tech company’s former chief executive said new responsibilities, including ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, have made him too busy to serve.
World
Iran: ‘Security Issues’ Cited in Detention of 3 Journalists
A Washington Post reporter and two other journalists detained last month are being held over “security issues,” Iran’s judiciary spokesman said Monday, offering the first official indication of why they are being held.Business Day
Cities’ Air Problems Only Get Worse With Climate Change
Scientists predict that higher temperatures will speed up the creation of lung-damaging ozone in the world’s metropolises.Business Day
Video: The Future of Safe Driving
The University of Michigan is rolling out a program sponsored by the Department of Transportation that would enable cars to electronically communicate with each other and the road.Business Day
E-Bike Sales Are Surging in Europe
Although the United States has yet to significantly embrace e-bikes, they are catching on in countries that already have a strong bicycle culture.Technology
Police Cameras Can Shed Light, but Raise Privacy Concerns
Cameras worn by officers are being deployed in a rising number of police departments across the country, in some cases exposing problem officers.The Upshot
In One America, Guns and Diet. In the Other, Cameras and ‘Zoolander.’
An analysis of a decade of web searches shows the different subjects that occupy people’s thoughts in a highly unequal country.
"Via the FT, a new study
compares perceptions of inequality across advanced nations. The big
takeaway here is that Americans are more likely than Europeans to
believe that they live in a middle-class society, even though income is
really much less equally distributed here than in Europe. I’ve truncated
the table to show the comparison between the U.S. and France: the
French think they live in a hierarchical pyramid when they are in
reality mostly middle-class, Americans are the opposite.
As the paper says, other evidence
also says that Americans vastly underestimate inequality in their own
society – and when asked to choose an ideal wealth distribution, say
that they like Sweden.
Why the difference?
American exceptionalism when it comes to income distribution – our
unique suspicion of and hostility to social insurance and anti-poverty
programs – is, I and many others
would argue, very much tied to our racial history. This does not,
however, explain in any direct way why we should misperceive real
inequality: people could oppose aid to Those People while understanding
how rich the rich are. There may, however, be an indirect effect,
because the racial divide empowers right-wing groups of all kinds, which
in turn issue a lot of propaganda dismissing and minimizing inequality.
World
Syria’s Chemical Arsenal Fully Destroyed, U.S. Says
The announcement comes a year after the Assad government used sarin gas to kill more than 1,000 people in Damascus.U.S.
Supreme Court Puts Gay Marriage on Hold in Virginia
The last-minute order came less than a day before officials in the state were to begin providing marriage licenses to gay couples.Automobiles
The DP-100 Is Aston Martin’s Real-Life Interpretation of a Video Game Sports Car
Aston Martin designed the car for Gran Turismo 6, the Sony PlayStation game, then brought a real-life version to Pebble Beach last week.N.Y. / Region
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