- To get the ball rolling: Federal judge orders five Guantanamo detainees released.
- The Economist predicts the world in 2009; e.g., an end to hubris.
- Op: If Obama needs the occasional cigarette to maintain his steely calm, let him have one.
- Nothing like a massive electoral loss to strip someone of great relevance in Washington. McCain goes back to work.
- Following the reporters and sources behind the news of Obama's considering Clinton for State.
- Op: New York City--full of crime, stocked with empty condos housing the homeless--going back to Lindsay time.
- Thomas Kinkade's 16 guidelines for making stuff suck.
- New York's big fancy cookbook author Mark Bittman has a crappy kitchen, too.
- More than half of new comprehensive European culture site is French.
- PC Magazine joins Christian Science Monitor, Cosmo Girl, to go online-only.
Cartoonist pines for loss of charming "off-model" theme parks, asks why hip executives must ruin everything.
- Brief history of mailmen not delivering mail.
- Thank you for concern-trolling my uterus. Regarding new study saying pregnant women can have a glass of wine now and then.
- Psychologists study lines, pinpoint causes of "queue rage," praise Disneyland for innovations in the field.
- European physicians announce the successful transplant of a human windpipe built from the patient's stem cells.
- Libby's a shoo-in: high-profile convicts and their likelihood of being pardoned by Bush.
- Al Franken or Lizard People? Minnesota voters will decide.
- Barack Obama, meet the first African-Roman emperor--Iraq war coincidences, lessons abound.
- There will be nonesense. Visual movie reviews.
- Video: Brooklyn residents are asked: What is tragedy?
- The vomit-inducing video game that looks super-fun combines Blair Witch Project, running.
- Remembrance of favorite books before you could read.
- What's your favorite literary genre? Tell us for this month's Of Recent Note.
- In case you missed it, the ABC3D pop-up book is now out.
- "When people do read the book they will figure out that I didn't cash in. At least I hope they figure that out." Joe the Plumber's book will be stocking-ready on Dec. 1.
- Everybody wants Sarah Palin's book; nobody wants Bush's.
- Crocodile bites off Bush's arm; previously: Bush tumbles wildly down Washington Monument staircase.
- From evolution to the chicken to the egg: the top 10 arguments that can't be won.