14 March 2011: Morning By The Morning News — 14 Mar 2011 Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes. There was almost a festive spirit in the air. Report from a cubicle in Tokyo. Interesting, brief roundtable on lessons for America from Japan's nuclear crisis. European officials attempt to quickly reassure citizens an atomic-power emergency is very unlikely. Stunning photos of devastation in Japan; see also, before and after pictures. Minds far greater than ours discuss pronouncing the "t" in "tsunami"--and the debate lives on. Gadhafi has killed 10 times more people than Mubarak in a population less than a 10th the size of Egypt's. Remnick: America owes clarity to Israel, no less than Israel and the world owe a nation to the Palestinians. Family of five West Bank Jewish settlers stabbed to death in their sleep; Israeli government promises to increase local home-building. British people carry an average of nine keys, but can identify only six of them. Spanish police puzzled why Catholic nuns who'd taken vow of poverty would have $2 million on hand to be stolen. Jewish prayers getting passengers booted off flights as terror threats. State's spokesman resigns after calling treatment of WikiLeaker Manning "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." Top conservatives attack Palin--"Alaska's Al Sharpton"--and tell Republicans to stop liking what they like. Artist Christoph Niemann considers in drawings whether he, too, should run. Founder of APC says the art market's ruined by Russian mafia; he prefers to hang large-scale photographs of pieces he likes. Twenty sad Etsy men modeling their girlfriends' wares.
