14 May 2008: Morning By The Morning News — 14 May 2008 A booming economy, soaring literacy rates, and how false statistics belie the Burma military's inability to lead. "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." Bush gave up the links in 2003. From 2006, "Golf Is a Highly Mental Game." In Barcelona, children learn to half-flush to save water. In Juneau, children forgo video games and boast of the kilowatts they've saved. On the two-second commentary of writer Chuck Lorre's (Two and a Half Men) vanity cards. Sleuthing to the bottom of why "April is the cruelest month" became one of April's hottest web searches. The U.K. puts its UFO files online, here. The Vatican approves belief in alien life. Einstein believed religion was little more than "human weakness." Artist Robert Rauschenberg died Monday night, age 82; see images of his work here. I didn't have a lot of savings, since people continued to pay me with hickory nuts. Atticus Finch remembers.
