Headlines from October 7, 2008
- Federal Reserve to buy up bundles of debt, a radical move aimed to free up credit markets.
- Attention commuting cyclists: Prepare for a monthly tax break in the bailout.
- Meet the Treasury's Goldman-ite with $700 billion in his wallet.
- Pictures and scorn in case you, too, are sick of seeing sad traders in the news.
- Scientists say the urge to punish is natural; the debate is over whether it leads to a gain or loss.
- Nobel physics prize awarded for work "exploring the hidden symmetries between elementary particles."
- How to photograph an atomic bomb; primo tickets for Met's "Doctor Atomic" to go for $30.
- What to watch for during tonight's debate.
- Author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya for book-touring without papers.
- Tax professors agree: Gov. Palin and her husband owe tens of thousands in back taxes.
- Print for the commute: Understanding Palin through Pentecostalism, the "mobile faith" that fights back after two slaps.
- Salon grasps at straws trying to prove Florida's Jews have been Palin-ed away from McCain.
- On religion, Obama, and Springsteen's "The Rising."
- It irks me that I even have to say this: Being a Muslim woman is a joyful thing.
- Collection of dead children featured in Edward Gorey stories.
- [Election officials] should make clear that in many circumstances, people in foreclosure still have the right to vote where they have been living. Disenfranchisment will threaten over a million largely Democrat voters.
- On the Wall Street crash suicide myth, a grandson's reflections on its legacy.
- Profiteering from climate change this week: the tourist industry, smart Canadians.
- Burj Dubai: $4.1 billion; proposed Nakheel Tower: 200 meters higher.
- Critiquing opening credit sequence, spotting selfish designers.
- The Onion, perhaps tiring of election year news, steps back in time to 1783.
- Your "what crisis?" moment of Zen: GDP rise since 1810.
- On Sunday, Calvin Trillin led 35 participants on a dining tour of Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown, and Little Italy.
- Video: A literal take on A-Ha's "Take on Me."
- Hug yourself and wait until it passes with Kindertrauma, "the movies, books, and toys that scared you when you were a kid."
- It's October, so it's time for Gothtober--that's advent for autumn.