15 March 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 15 Mar 2011 Experiment with kids and boxes helps explain why people interpret natural disasters as divine messages. Q&A on misconceptions of post-disaster counseling, and why putting survivors in therapy immediately is harmful. U.S. hoping Aristide will remain out of Haiti through election season. Saif Qaddafi's classmate remembers a well-dressed, lobster-quaffing contradiction. Somali pirates convicted last year in New York sentenced to life plus 80 in prison; Indian Navy currently ferrying 61 pirates to Mumbai for trial. India is world's largest arms importer, U.S. is world's largest arms exporter. What is Facebook without friends? Best tweets from State's ousted spokesman. Founding Fathers hated slavery, F.D.R. passed the "Hoot-Smalley Tariff," and other historical mistakes made by Michele Bachmann. Primer on "the unity of value," and Ronald Dworkin's point that ethical and moral values depend on one another. N.F.L. players urging prospects to boycott draft season; networks preparing for the worst. Champion runner struggles with dilemma of competing for Morocco, occupier of his home. Al Qaeda debuts women's magazine with advice on love and skin care. Libraries want e-books badly; publishers want money badly; negotiations continue. Pi Day brought out all the Tau Day loonies yesterday. If you trust data from a sample size of three, sperm whales might have individual names.
