13 May 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 13 May 2009 Recession hastens the decline of Medicare and Social Security, which now will be exhausted in 2017 and 2037, respectively. Op: Pay attention to Hungary as its economic crisis engenders radical polarization and upheaval. Cancer patient files lawsuit against the genetics company whose patent blocks additional testing. Pakistan's conspiracy theory site reflects a government that plays on the fears of its citizens--and citizens' rejection of the media's narrative. I love airport best-sellers because I see them as our Nostradamuses, the literary canaries in the dark coal mines of our paranoia. In Pakistan, U.S. and Pakistani officers launch armed Predator drones against militants. Czech officials reveal wartime plan to build underground rail link to the sea--255 miles away. Dowd: Just as Jeb Bush and other Republicans are trying to get kinder and gentler, Cheney has popped out of his dungeon, scary organ music blaring. Andy Baio commissions musicians to record Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis's Kind of Blue It was like a 5-year-old's last meal request. TMN's Sarah Hepola surveys the best of the fast-food value menus. Today's long read: Cracking the cover of Harvard's 72-year study on the secret to a happy life. Aniz Ansari exposes the IMAX fraud.
