13 March 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 13 Mar 2009 The news, by and large, was bad--just not quite as bad as feared. Wall Street mounts its second surge of the week. Lawmakers overturn Bush-era bill amendment that denied support to nations who wouldn't give the U.S. immunity from the I.C.C. I don't see any sign as a society that we're really willing to do what needs to be done. Field notes on covering climate change. House passes bill recognizing tomorrow's date--March 14, or 3.14--as Pi Day. ...a Yoda-for-hire, dialed into individual problems, with abilities so subtle they can't even be discussed aloud. There is a "whisperer" for everything now--why? Even Yoda in Empire was constructed, filmed, and voiced well enough that we never thought to look for the hand up his rear. Outtakes from an interview with Elmo and Ricky Gervais. Huge archive of old catalog images; see also: The Great American Catalog. The story of the London Tube map designer's repeated attempts to create a map of the Paris Metro. An animated map shows the construction history of the New York City subway. Soccer is a self-inflicted wound. Americans have nobody to blame but themselves. Every day, a new story about how a book got its title. "If ever there someone who could be described as unlucky it would be your husband." Reports of tragic, odd deaths at "No Way to Go."
