16 August 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 16 Aug 2010 The week ahead in news: natural disasters in Russia, Pakistan, and China. Gaza doctor writes anti-hate book after three daughters were killed by an Israeli shell. Why it's hard to return looted art: centuries of wartime theft mean few can identify the original owner. I'm not happy that I ate dog. But I'm happy China eats dog. Hard or not, Ricky Gervais to make The Office in Chinese (that's what she said). Profile of China's Chongqing: city you've never heard of with 32 million citizens (see outdated model from two years ago). Ode to the classic Land Rover, which will stop production by 2015. Studies of power and arrogance show why leaders tend to behave like neurological patients. Jonathan Franzen on competition, his family, and his new novel. Ebert on Hitchens: "It isn't the sad people in movies who make me cry, it's the good ones." History and methodology of Time putting authors on its cover. Chronicle of new Paris Review editor Lorin Stein's career. Investigation into the death of Virginia Quarterly Review editor Kevin Morrissey. List of best English books about Latin America. Modern man evolved from a few shell beads--a story of symbolic thought. Comic explanation of how the male angler fish gets completely screwed.
