16 September 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 16 Sep 2008 Putin, judo black-belt, accepts Sarkozy as pupil. Sarkozy combats global piracy with French troops. Ever since World War II, the United States has tended to make its strategic missteps by exaggerating dangers. Astronomers find dark matter "bridge to nowhere" stretching across 14 galaxies. Print for the commute: The peculiar political climate of Alaska. Top 13 polar vehicles from the Antarctic. Can you really see Russia from Alaska? Yes, but only the boring parts. Caricaturists share their methods for drawing the V.P. Candidates. What it's like a fly-fish with Cheney. Is pornography adultery? Can embracing online porn save marriages? It appears that financial institutions earn money on transactions and lose everything taking risks they don't understand. Notes on recent discoveries in neuroaesthetics towards providing a unified biocultural theory of art. New favorite blog: Bill Bishop's "The Big Sort," on breaking down voting patterns. When you have a moment: Neanderthals, revealed.
