Headlines from October 14, 2008
- Pre-empted by Obama's Monday policy details, McCain offers critique, releases his own economic prescriptions.
- Why, format-wise, the third debate may be the best yet.
- Video: Fired-up Donna Brazile on the election's final days.
- 106-year-old nun barraged with attention after endorsing Obama, now just wants to be left alone.
- Obama is big in Obama, Japan; Palin's "middle class" Japanese eyeglasses are boosting orders.
- "U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" she continued, leading many of them in chant.
- "New research into the science of rumors" (wha?) says Obama's "Fight the Smears" tactic may be working.
- Battery of economists blog to briefly approve the Treasury's capital injection.
- Interesting notes on academic word counting and why "John Lennon's songs have more 'negative emotion' words than Paul McCartney's."
- Alex Ross blogs fantastic musical annotations, e.g., for Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
- Twenty-one amazing photos of the sun.
- Print for the commute: What it's like to be a post-apartheid Afrikaner.
- Berlusconi gets nostalgic as Bush era nears end, declares "friends forever."
- I like stupid questions. A guy sent me an email about squid. Notes from recent Haruki Murakami visit to Berkeley.
- The hysterical accusations of socialism from conservatives echo similar accusations leveled at black leaders in the past.
- Forget October surprises; pre-election means Hail Mary passes as Bush suggests industry should decide which animals are in threat.
- Graphic: Gain on $10,000 investment under Democrat, Republican presidencies.
- Get to the supermarkets: Shoppers start to panic in Iceland.
- The present generation is bankrupt of principles and hope, as of property. Harold Bloom finds economic solace in Emerson.
- Learn from Nobel Prize winners: Krugman's "How I Work."
- Illustrated New York cheat sheets--how to maneuver the city's obstacles.
- Look both ways--even if you're crossing a one-way street. How to walk in New York.
- After indulging in modernism for all of one kilometer of skyscraper, this architectural aesthetic may be about to crash.
- Nuclear is back--architects ponder more palatable plants, making the eventual, enduring ruin beautiful.
- On North Korea's removal from the terrorist watch list--nuclear proliferators take note: Negotiate first, act later.
- Op: Nearly two decades after this country stopped building nuclear weapons, it should not get back into the business.
- The geopolitical dystopia predicted by sci-fi films.