14 October 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 14 Oct 2009 The health-care battle is not Democrats vs. Republicans; it's the White House vs. the insurance companies. GQ's tour through the 50 most powerful people in D.C. Snowe votes with the Democrats--but refuses to promise future cooperation--and is hailed as a master playmaker. Wall Street's employee payout to hit record level this year, surpassing 2007's boom money. Calvin Trillin listens to an Ivy Leaguer who blames Wall Street's crash on fellow Ivy Leaguers. How can these people get so riled? / He only raped a single child. Trillin's ode to Roman Polanski. Profile of Wes Anderson reveals he directed Fantastic Mr. Fox by email, earning crew hatred. Op: Prohibition of a legal organ market assumes people can't make rational choices about their own bodies. Reading is like sex--people will try to convince you to do it in a group. Ignore them. Jane Friedman founds company to push old titles into sparkling new e-books. #drac: Leslie Klinger on Victorian publishing. Richard Powers on 1992's great soaking of Chicago. In New York, traffic jams help the environment by driving people out of their cars. Interactive graphic dedicated to 50 years of space exploration. Photo tour of a Leica factory.
