The vice presidential debate: A viewer's guide

2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE The vice presidential debate: A viewer's guide Will Joe Biden make a monster gaffe? Will Paul Ryan get lost in the weeds of wonkery? Here's what you need to know about Thursday's potentially momentous debate THE COMPASS WITH MARC AMBINDER Marc Ambinder: The debate that probably won't matter Poor veeps; they won't get respect ARTS+LIFE Mo Yan: The life and career of 2012's Nobel-prize-winning author The novelist is the first Chinese national ever to win the Nobel Prize for Literature — and his selection is fueling controversy SCIENCE+TECH Why are more young Americans having strokes? One in five stroke victims in the U.S. is now under 55 — and, though their chances for recovery are higher, some are forced into care facilities 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE The best Barack Obama parody videos Comics spoof everything from Obama's lousy debate performance to his struggles to actually deliver hope and change FACEBOOK How Facebook and Twitter are trumping sex A new study finds that college kids think perusing social media is better than hooking up — or at least easier FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Is technology ruining museums? Museums are using high-tech strategies to create spectacle, not spark learning, say Evan Selinger and John Mix at Slate SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE Paul Ryan's word salad NEWSER Liver problem killed baby panda: Zoo NEW YORK MAGAZINE Manhattan rents surge 10 percent THE FRISKY Anti-abortion legislator encouraged his mistress to have … an abortion SALON Red Lobster, Olive Garden hire part-timers to avoid Obamacare The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize: Who should win? With 231 nominees to choose from, here's some unsolicited advice for the Nobel committee on how to narrow the field of the venerable         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.