14 April 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 14 Apr 2010 Language barrier or presidential pressure may have caused Poland's deadly crash. Tribute to retiring Supreme Court Justice Stevens: a rare, genuinely independent mind. Collector in chief takes national archives to the blogosphere. Op: By going to cable, Conan is changing the game, rather than fading away with other late-boomer stars. Female nerds on TV represent a potentially short-lived feminist triumph. Little Supremes: Accomplished young lawyers who dream of big chairs. The scientific way to beat choking (in performance): Contemplate "holistic cue words." Op: We have to learn how to interrupt our lives with silences, rest-notes, rather than simply with more distractions. Defense of shyness promotes cunning, countercultural merits, and a lack of boredom. Today's accessible white paper: "Detecting Awareness in the Vegetative State" (and critiques). Inquiry into the Hitler clip that launched a thousand parodies. Patrick Carlin: I knew it was going to be a vibes kind of a day when I found a dime and a penny by the gas pump. Various charts on how we spend. Instapaper: Sampling "the Full English" breakfast in many forms.
