News That Stays News

Browsings January 23, 2011

1. The low moral expectations in Italian politics, revealed by the New York Times.

2. A profile of Xi Jinping, China’s next paramount leader.

3. The confidence man who pretended to be a Jesuit priest and convinced museums to accept his paintings talks to a reporter.

4. Britain is now run by the parents of young children. What does it mean?

5. An ambitious investigative piece in the Washington Post about two guns that were ultimately used to kill police. The Post also published a summary article.