12 November 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 12 Nov 2007 Analysis on how assertive, bullying Russian tactics "have evoked stress in the Baltics that was unthinkable even five years ago." Photo gallery from Ghazaliya, a Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad. Unknown fate for the tomb of the unknown soldier. Robert Birnbaum on the death of Mailer in this week's Books Digest. Nobel laureate explains why Bush has inherited the "worst president [for the American economy]" mantle from Hoover. Print for the commute home: Deep debate between Alex de Waal and John Predergast on what's best for Darfur. Fish on Clinton: Is this linguistic jujitsu the banana peel she slips on? I think not. Considering British politics: "It's kind of offensive to the basic principles of democracy that an unelected woman, not accountable to anyone, sits up there and tells us what the government is doing." Huxley has been forced to murder twice as many innocent victims just to gain the public exposure her male counterparts routinely enjoy. Tips to keep in mind if a potential new employer wants you to take a psych exam. As genetics plays a greater role in everyday life, are racial prejudices gaining new potency? Layman's account of recent revisions in genetics. See also, how to fold DNA into origami. Many notes on "autour-do-mondegreens," or music videos that haven't been translated very well. Many graphs to represent rap lyrics.
