1 April 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 01 Apr 2010 Swiss bishops apologize for sexual abuse; Italian bishops defend their "enlightened" Pope. Geithner: Unemployment will stay unacceptably high for a long time. Op: France and Israel broke up in 1967; Netanyahu should bear this in mind. Scientists discovered the part of the brain that makes people gullible; Stephan Koogin weighs in. In fairness to the fooled, science is often so bizarre, it's not always easy to distinguish the reality from the hoax. Op: Blockbusters have become too intellectual; give me slush that makes me feel. Bach to Beethoven: Carl Sagan's musical picks for an infinite playlist in space. Invention of the paperback novel brought literature to the battlefield. India makes elementary education compulsory. Instapaper for the commute: Pound reinvented poetry, embraced fascism, wrote Cantos on toilet paper. Story of the cricket game behind Britain's iconic image of class difference, "toffs and toughs." The hat through history, from Industrial Revolution styles to a modern comeback. Pictures of an abandoned hotel in southern California; exploring the Queen's Palace in Kabul. French fashion-blog posts restaged. Tough shit, gentrifiers. Annotated White House Flickr feed.
