10 November 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 10 Nov 2010 Preparing for hurricane Tomas, Haiti's Préval visited more cities in 72 hours than during five years as president. Pious Indonesian minister blames Michelle Obama for shaking his hand. France proposes discussing how much Europe should offend China by honoring Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize. When I make a gunpowder drawing, it's very much like making love. Cai Guo-Qiang says art isn't a tool for social transformation. Released from detention, Ai Wei Wei wins big with international press. Long read: Fallows on China and America's different stances on coal's nightmare. Dialysis is our health-care monster, where Americans pay much more than other nations for much worse care. Palin fact-checks reporter's fact-checking and gets the fact-checking wrong. Brain Detectives blog sees journalist embedded with neuroscientists. Philadelphia's Vidocq Society is a private society that meets for lunch and solves cold-case homicides. Various Twitter imposters unmasked, found to be middle-aged white men. Bruce Springsteen, track coach, explains team exercises to concerned parents. Of course, we can always wait for Houellebecq to get the Nobel. Houellebecq wins Prix Goncourt. Owen Egerton traces recent American history through horror movies. Johnathon Williams teaches lessons learned from watching over 60 zombie flicks.
