Sorkin: ‘Newsroom’, the missing script

An Irish property developer, who went missing for eight months, has told police he was kidnapped and tortured by the Russian mafia. Kevin McGeever, 68, was found wandering, lost and emaciated on a remote country road near the border with Northern Ireland, apparently with the word “thief” carved across his forehead. He was barefoot and covered in a plastic bag, but was carrying a cellphone and a flashlight.

I’ve seen a lot of people making fun of Newt Gingrich for his view that the anti-Christian views that allegedly dominate America will create a country that’s simultaneously atheistic and subordinated to Islamism:

Chuck Carnevale submits:Risk-averseInvestors today are very nervous, and their confidence strained at best. Consequently, they are more focused on safety than they are on return. Money has been pouring into bonds and other fixed income vehicles at record rates. Unfortunately, interest rates are at all-time lows and fixed income offers little or no return.

The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28% in the last decade as the rates in younger and older people held steady. This period dominated by two stock market crashes, a real-estate crash, and a hyper-repressive Fed saw a stunning 40% surge in the suicide rate among 35-64 year old white men and women (with non-Caucasian rates steady). 39 out of 50 states registered a statistically significant increase in suicide rates among the middle-aged.

Norman Spinrad, the writer of "The Doomsday Machine" also wrote another, unproduced Star Trek script, which has resurfaced after 45 years.