http://www.themorningnews.org/ An online magazine published weekdays since 1999. en-us JanicePNimura@whywomackwhynot.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-17T08:51:23-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/new_york_new_york/persephone_in_the_park.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14836@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JANICE P. NIMURA explains the Pagan past of what's growing on 87th Street.]]> New York, New York 2010-03-17T08:51:23-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/carolina_blues.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14833@http://www.themorningnews.org/ PATRICK AMBROSE offers a New York-based Tar Heel's lament.]]> Opinions 2010-03-16T07:31:46-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_non-expert/are_your_cats_really_adorable_or_just_regular_adorable.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14825@http://www.themorningnews.org/ CHOIRE SICHA, this year's census has 50 questions you may not see coming.]]> The Non-Expert 2010-03-12T09:02:15-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/interviews/a_conversation_with_philip_graham.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14821@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JOHN WARNER chats with the writer Philip Graham, his former professor, about finding topics, developing mentors, and reaching readers.]]> Interviews 2010-03-11T07:51:15-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/melancholy_whores_memories_of_gabriel_garca_mrquez.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14812@http://www.themorningnews.org/ TYLER STODDARD SMITH.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-03-09T07:51:07-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/new_york_new_york/the_higher_line.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14805@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JESSICA FRANCIS KANE finds it full of miracles. ]]> New York, New York 2010-03-05T09:12:36-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/twitter_and_the_void.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14802@http://www.themorningnews.org/ ELIZABETH KIEM considers the reasons she left Twitter, and what it would take to bring other lapsed Tweeters back online.]]> Opinions 2010-03-04T12:22:50-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/of_recent_note/favorite_american_presidents.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14794@http://www.themorningnews.org/ STAFF AND READERS share their favorite commanders-in-chief.]]> Of Recent Note 2010-03-03T09:18:19-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/she_ordered_sausage.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14790@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JEN SPRYA.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-03-02T08:51:29-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_non-expert/come_on_sugar_let_me_know.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14776@http://www.themorningnews.org/ GILES TURNBULL reaches out to the masses on Chatroulette for advice on sexiness, with horrifying consequences.]]> The Non-Expert 2010-02-26T08:23:03-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_rooster/introduction_to_nerdhalla.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14770@http://www.themorningnews.org/ ANDREW SEAL, runs six years of numbers on Round 1. Time to download your brackets and place bets.]]> The Rooster 2010-02-25T08:47:39-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/a_pledge_to_my_readers.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14766@http://www.themorningnews.org/ MICHAEL ERARD is committed to bringing you the finest in the written word.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-02-24T09:02:39-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/personal_essays/brief_scenes_from_our_marriage.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14747@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JEFF DUTRE.]]> Personal Essays 2010-02-22T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/a_nature_documentary_the_post-screening_qa.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14744@http://www.themorningnews.org/ CHRISTOPHER MONKS finds out.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-02-19T08:05:32-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/new_york_new_york/hello_to_all_that.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14716@http://www.themorningnews.org/ CLAY RISEN moving to the city now, at age 33? He considers her complaints and comes up optimistic.]]> New York, New York 2010-02-18T07:47:59-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/and_now_a_few_minutes_with_andy_rooneys_homo_erectus_ancestor.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14737@http://www.themorningnews.org/ ANDY F. BRYAN channels an ancient voice.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-02-17T09:01:28-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_non-expert/the_gift_that_keeps_on_giving.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14713@http://www.themorningnews.org/ ERIC FEEZELL advises a reader on what he should buy his girlfriend for their anniversary.]]> The Non-Expert 2010-02-12T08:47:43-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/profiles/out_of_the_brainland_and_into_the_heartland_.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14709@http://www.themorningnews.org/ NELL BOESCHENSTEIN visits Monticello again and again and again.]]> Profiles 2010-02-11T08:26:36-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/lunch_poems/poem_written_on_the_first_anniversary_of_my_fathers_death.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14703@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JAY HOPLER, author of Green Squall and winner of the 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award.]]> Lunch Poems 2010-02-10T08:41:58-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/surveys/the_corruptibles.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14699@http://www.themorningnews.org/ MIKE DERI SMITH rounds up the recent trends in global corruption, from Berlusconi to Jersey Shore, to New Yorkers paying rent to the Shah of Iran.]]> Surveys 2010-02-09T08:15:52-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/letters_from_new_orleans/what_it_takes_to_make_the_sainthood.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14680@http://www.themorningnews.org/ NICOLE PASULKA surveys two big fights in New Orleans to get things right.]]> Letters From New Orleans 2010-02-05T09:19:37-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/the_treatloaf_faq.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14670@http://www.themorningnews.org/ COLIN NISSAN answers common questions about the original mystery meat.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-02-04T08:08:45-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/bringing_home_the_bacon.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14667@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JOHN WARNER.]]> Spoofs & Satire 2010-02-03T08:36:19-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/letters_from_mumbai/dosa_data.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14662@http://www.themorningnews.org/ JIL WHEELER'S final dispatch from Mumbai pays tribute to pani puri, a Szechuan Cheese dosa, and the peppered popsicle.]]> Letters From Mumbai 2010-02-02T07:32:35-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_non-expert/terribly_happy.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14641@http://www.themorningnews.org/ TODD LEVIN uses some recent knowledge of severance packages to help one of the newly unemployed.]]> The Non-Expert 2010-01-29T09:27:43-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/op-ed/songs_my_mother_never_taught_me.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14636@http://www.themorningnews.org/ GILES TURNBULL has an incredibly filthy mouth. Turns out he's simply British and a fan of pop music. A swear-laden review of some glorious cursing.]]> Op-Ed 2010-01-28T08:42:20-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/of_recent_note/cures_for_the_common_cold.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14630@http://www.themorningnews.org/ STAFF AND READERS share their remedies for colds, flus, and related maladies.]]> Of Recent Note 2010-01-27T09:03:02-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/the_golem_blog/moving_ground.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14626@http://www.themorningnews.org/ THE GOLEM has seen this happen before.]]> The Golem Blog 2010-01-26T08:32:30-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/profiles/dead_of_state.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14610@http://www.themorningnews.org/ MIKE DERI SMITH surveys and ranks the illest.]]> Profiles 2010-01-22T09:47:24-05:00 http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/op-ed/god_hearts_haiti.php Weekday articles from The Morning News 14604@http://www.themorningnews.org/ ELIZABETH KIEM gauges the invasion of the well-intentioned and wonders what it really means for Haiti’s future.]]> Op-Ed 2010-01-21T08:17:02-05:00