13 October 2008: Morning

Obama supporters voice concern that polls show more the desire to appear tolerant than how people will really vote.

Op: Expect a McCain reboot before Wednesday's debate; initial suggestions of narrowing gap are overly charitable.

Learning from 2004's mistakes, Obama campaign follows the Rove model, going heavy on ground effort.

Obama knocks on doors in Ohio, walks into some debate practice.

Palin often asked her husband, who was at home with the children, to print out government emails so she could read them at home at night. Investigating Todd.

In terms of the economics of climate change, natural capital is costing $2-3 trillion--twice as much as Wall Street has lost in the crisis to date.

Op: Gordon Brown worked fast, encouraging Europe, Paulson to exert their powers--it's starting to make a difference.

The suburbs we've created to indulge in our pastoral fantasia will no longer be garnished with apples from New Zealand. Gardening in recession, digging up the lawn.

China reintroduces some clean air measures that locals were teased with during the Olympics.

Today's long read: Gladwell: Freshness and energy are not necessary to be a genius.

Video: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, animated for its 60th anniversary.

"They're just clones that pick up and move around the city." There are more than 300 street fairs a year in NYC; locals complain they're all the same.

Make a map of San Francisco Bay, using only your hands and a pen.