12 June 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 12 Jun 2009 Events in Lebanon give Obama and diplomats a golden platter, and all hands are heading to Damascus. Despite the tough rhetoric, Israel's patience on attacking Iran suggests it's worried about warring alone. Op: Iran's youth, "bred through the Islamic system," lack the tools to analyze their own political system. New York Times responds to the Daily Show's attack and actually proves more entertaining. Media notes in the wake of the Tiller assassination focus on the lack of "terrorist" invocations. Slideshow from savant artists; portraits of Latin American immigrants; the case for reading Patricia Highsmith. Interview with savant Gregory Blackstock reveals why he won't take his accordion to Europe. Houghton Mifflin editor and Wallace expert on why you should join TMN and read Infinite Jest this summer. Saturday morning read: Comprehensive guide to the history of Cuban-American relations. Notes from a walk through Paris with Art Spiegelman on the eve of his journals being published. Seeking a name for Element 112--"an unstable, heavyweight element"--Tysonium proves popular. He was the person. She was the illusion. Obituary for British drag queen Danny Carroll. Video: The more people looking up, the more people look up.
