11 March 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 11 Mar 2010 Chechnya is a model for countries fighting Islamic rebels--ignore, though, the ongoing violence. Penn: Journalists who call Hugo Chávez a dictator should be jailed. Eight journalists kidnapped in Reynosa, Mexico, in the last two weeks. Mexico's Carlos Slim now ranked the world's wealthiest person. White women in the prime working years have a median wealth of $42,600; the median wealth for women of color is only $5. Meanwhile, in Finland. McCain announces reelection campaign with a new brand: American as bacon. There is almost no courage in the political class right now. Everybody is transfixed only by their numbers. On Bohlen-Pierce: the new-ish scale where an octave has 13 equal steps. Related to the Niemann headline from this morning: Human body as a subway map. See also: The single-color New York version. From the Oxford American's latest food issue: the Lee brothers on PI 601236 01 SD. Recipe for how to bake an Elvis cupcake. How to humanely get your dog to wear a moustache.
