THURSDAY NEWS:
* "When you have the level of income inequality and corporate profits we have today, buying the political system is a very cheap investment."
* Nice: comparing the world's economies in two simple graphs.
* How will we respond to Syria? (Hint: there's no good answer.) Here's five ideas.
* "The return of Donald Trump forces the question: Is there anything the GOP can do to recover from insanity?"
* A guide to the Flame computer virus.
* Reviving the U-2 spy plane.
* Speaking of supervolcanoes...
* Ten scifi episodes that changed television.
* What the popularity of the the San Antonio Spurs says about America.