13 October 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Comparing the candidates' planes: food options, security, presence of Starbucks.
Ranks of blue-collar females are reconsidering everything from Sen. Obama's policies to their comfort level with his race.
About that $3-million "overhead projector" McCain was talking about during the last debate.
One only wishes that the election could be over now, so as to spare democracy the remaining days of a low, dishonest campaign. Hitchens endorses Obama.
Good summary of the week of McCain's attacks.
McCain pledges a turnaround, to unveil plans to "jump-start" economy.
The life of an NBC pledge in the era of Kenneth Parcell.
Krugman, economist and Times op-ed writer, wins Nobel (see his blog from this morning).
Video: Back in December, Krugman on the coming economic crisis.
Why, as the music business changes, rock stars should expect to make bank managers' salaries, not billions.
Discussion of the science of certainty, or why we're convinced we're right when we're wrong.
Reading from a monitor, instead of a book, is like playing videogame football instead of tossing a football around. On Roy Blount Jr.'s Alphabet Juice.
Alan Furst lovingly reviews the new John le Carré.
Interesting book inscriptions from Sedaris, Hemingway, Greene.