11 December 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 11 Dec 2009 Many in publishing glad to see the industry's bad juju kill Kirkus; Editor & Publisher also dies (after 125 years). What life will be like when we all live to 100. Profiles of defection: More than 4,200 Iranians world-wide have sought refugee status since Iran's recent fraud election. Story of a MeFi user tracking down his grandparents' address in 1938 Vienna. Op: The minaret ban is a mistake because bigger battles must be fought in relation to Muslims in Europe. Five things Obama can do to honor his Nobel; e.g., get the Palestinians a state. Photos: China's 56 ethnic groups. Newly discovered fossil points to South America as dinosaurs' birthplace. The notion that genes shape us is less deterministic than the notion that we are the product of our environment. On the survival benefits of art. The current state of women in power in Hollywood: not good. Video: What people love about origami. Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on irrational disgust, being single, and leather tops. Survey: What philosophers think about classic and modern controversies, other philosophers' views. TMN's Kevin Fanning's new collection of stories "about love and technology." "Judges and lawyers in Florida can no longer be Facebook friends." The Times's annual "Year in Ideas" (still better to read in print than online). Photos: Dolphin slaughter in Japan; early Elvis; Plitvice Lakes National Park. Former investment banker applies to law school. There are too many entrepreneurs. We need the worker to make the process function properly. 50 Cent on life.
