11 January 2010: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Gourevitch on the new, thorough report on the 1994 assassination of Rwanda's president/dictator.
Ignorant Chinese tourists blamed for fueling Ethiopia's ivory trade.
While reports of Europe's economic demise are greatly exaggerated, reports of its high taxes and generous benefits aren't.
How to look confident by saying "cheese whiz," and other steps to "simple happiness."
Lengthy excerpt from the new Heilemann/Haperin book about the ego monster inside John Edwards.
Rich: The true terrorists attacking America are greedy, ungrateful, corrupt bankers.
Cold-locked Britain as seen from above; 10 ways for Britons to deal with snow.
Survey of movies made by the three men who won best director twice: Capra, Ford, and William Wyler.
Variety of myths rethought about the American Revolutionary War.
Trillin: I predicted the Underwear Bomber in 2006.
A short history of cotton.
Highlights (and many links to many interesting things) from the year in robotic research.
To figure out if a sedated lion is truly down for the count, he'll get out of the truck to tickle its ear. Life with a lion tracker.
Plagiarism, daddy-love, and unnecessary red backpacks in the world of French female novelists.
Monday poem: "To Whom it May Concern" by Andrea Cohen.
