Headlines from November 9, 2009
- Old but elegant Christoph Niemann illustrated article about the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- "Walled In," an animated recreation of the Wall's anatomy.
- Lovely then-and-now views of Berlin by the Times (see also: reader pictures, five Guardian films).
- Al Qaeda's magazine division offers two titles, The Echo of Battle and The Echo of Jihad.
- Instapaper for the commute: Hersh on Pakistan's nukes.
- In today's gallery: Pakistan Now.
- China offers Africa $10 billion for oil and minerals; African critics lament conditions at Chinese-run mines and the flood of Chinese goods.
- Video: People count cash differently in different regions.
- Xenophobic British National Party steals web design from Barackobama.com.
- Focus on Detroit as center of blight, where pheasants are harvested for dinner.
- Kissing evolved to spread germs, not feelings, say British scientists.
- Analysis: How Playgirl got Levi Johnston to agree to a photo shoot.
- Everything Don Draper said in Season 3 of Mad Men (see also: everything Tracy Jordan said on 30 Rock).
- Interview with Jeff Scher on making paintings move.
- Much time wasted: "I made this. You play this. We are enemies."
- After a narrow win in the House, the health care bill faces heat, Lieberman in the Senate.
- Congress is 44 percent millionaires--and Joe Biden has $27,000.
- In Germany, too many unfortunate events fall on Nov. 9 to observe a holiday on the day the Berlin Wall fell.
- Contemporary equivalents of the Berlin Wall.
- The anatomy of a landslide.
- In 1979, viewing Moscow as the bigger threat, Ahmadinejad voted against occupying the U.S. embassy.
- College freshman makes triumphant return to high school.
- Kill your morning: Name the movie based on the illustration.
- The academy, in Agassi's words, was "Lord of the Flies with forehands." Bollettieri as Incandenza.
- "Infinite Summer: Dracula" continues its wrap-up.
- Gerhardt Fuchs, longtime drummer in Brooklyn bands, dies in an accident on Sunday morning.
- By signing this agreement I recognize, acknowledge and agree that: A. Scientology is a religion...