Morning Links has emerged from the shadowy halls of the American news media with a story or two you may have missed.
- Sleep well? New research suggests that shut-eye cleans “gunk” out of the brain, according to the Associated Press.
- A measure cutting property taxes by $100 million is trundling along in the the state Legislature, WisPolitics reports. Dems say the relief is all politics.
- A federal air marshal is in deep doo-doo after his arrest for taking up-skirt photos, Time says. New evidence that idle hands are the devil’s plaything.
- This new “12 Years a Slave” movie directed by Steve McQueen is said to be “agonizingly magnificent.” It depicts slavery in gory detail.
- Richard Brody, a film critic at The New Yorker, explains why Norman Mailer’s oeuvre disappoints. He blames the bildungsroman that never was.
