Headlines from March 5, 2009
- L.A. mayoral election gets dismal turnout, fails to make front page of the L.A. Times.
- Instapaper for the commute: It remains unknown whether time will stay steady or melt away.
- Alan Moore talks about his bad influence on comics and movies.
- The other tragedy to befall the cricket world this week: the fraud of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford.
- Al-Bashir may not be arrested anytime soon, but we could always take away his air power.
- Gettleman puts the dead into deadpan. Tribute to the Times's man in East Africa.
- New research attempts to measure the association between high-school popularity and wage earnings 35 years later.
- The internet was invented for this: ThruYOU, making songs from YouTube videos.
- Sasha Frere-Jones explains the vision behind ThruYOU.
- In California, artists get a cut when their work's resold, but the state's art detective has a hard time tracking down artists.
- Photo essay of paired houses: one occupied, one abandoned.
- Andreas Gefeller's "Supervision" shots: stunning aerial photography.
- Hong Kong's infamous "Airport Auntie" gets an apology and an upgrade from Cathay Pacific.
- Tax instructions for freelance workers.
- Live feed of cursing on Twitter.
- The Obama administration on Wednesday began the most ambitious effort since the 1930s to help troubled homeowners.
- We may not have realized it at the time, but in the period from late 2001-January 19, 2009, this country was a dictatorship. Reactions to the rewriting of the Constitution.
- Op: Obama's leaked letter to Russia indicates desire to reset the relationship, engage with Iran.
- Blackwater and private security firms move into Africa as U.S. sets up new command center, aims for less visible role.
- Despite the economy, despite everything really, a new poll shows two-thirds of Americans are hopeful about Obama and the future.
- International stimulus packages focus on schemes increasing carbon emissions, threatening gains from green investments.
- Video: Coen Brothers let us know that "clean coal is like a healthy cigarette."
- Analysis: As the right-wing media denies global warming with evidence of snow, it's best to refer to it as "climate change" to avoid challenges to scientific consensus.
- You can't take a picture of the unemployed if they never leave the house. Slate.com asks its readers to shoot the recession.
- Redesigning New York's skies to eliminate flight delays.
- Reader mail: I'm particularly fond of the Non-Expert, which is why I found the "Love Sic" piece so troubling.
- Life in Japan, told in a series of bentos.
- Winter 1912-3, Thurs: stewed beef and gravy, mashed potatoes, baked jam roll. A history of British and American public school lunches.