Headlines from December 5, 2008
- Instapaper for the park: How young voters, progressive momentum, are ours to lose: Yes We Can do what, exactly?
- Spitzer: We shouldn't rescue financial institutions that are too big to fail--we should invest in smaller ones that can.
- November 1996: Early reports of custom-made Hummer limos appear. The rise and fall of the now-discontinued Hummer.
- Architects solicit advice from skateboarders on buildings that attempt to be "flowing and continuous."
- Jim Carrey will loom large in posterity...because his filmography amounts to a uniquely sustained engagement with the problem of the self.
- On the uses of minimalism in Star Wars, and how the destruction of the Death Star was a turning point for modernism.
- In this case there were chainmail bikinis, burlap loincloths, and a spaghetti-eating contest. A trip back in time to the Texas Renaissance Festival.
- The book's four sections are dedicated to butter, lard or pork fat, poultry fat, and beef and lamb fat.
- Introducing The Morning News Annual: 21 collected works from the past year, plus new stories by TMN writers.
- Fifty years of Pelican book covers.
- Underwater sea-cam captures shot of squid with elbows.
- Photos: Venice under water.
- New in the Onion's continuing Bush assaults: "Bush Dragged Behind Presidential Motorcade for 26 Blocks."
- In case of complete global economic realignment, expect accidents--first we must stop looking for the bottom, and do something.
- Canada PM Harper dodges no-confidence vote; a primer to Canada's democratic practices.
- What "Barocrates" owes to the Ancient Romans: Eloquence equates knowledge.
- Republican congresswoman gets a call from Obama, assumes it's a prank, hangs up on him--twice.
- Franken edges closer to victory with 22 votes ahead so far in Senate recount.
- As tides rise, so do island states' fears--with so much more to lose, they're demanding extreme climate action.
- Mecca's new architectural vision: Constructing a three-million-person capacity building.
- Electric car demand has some wondering if there's enough lithium in the world for the batteries--Chile could be the new Saudi Arabia.
- Fifty really strange buildings; toilets of art museums.
- Report finds college's rising costs may soon make it unaffordable for most in the U.S.
- Modern mythical comics heroes are doubtful, angsty, yet ancient myths endure.
- Don't just be thankful once a year, be actively grateful: Study shows writing thank-you letters makes you happier.
- Leslie Harpold's guide to writing the perfect thank-you note.
- School handyman carves intricate nativity from old classroom desks.