16 September 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 16 Sep 2010 White House divided over responding to a lawsuit hoping to stop the killing of an American-born al Qaeda-linked cleric. Video: Jon Stewart explains the war on terror to Tony Blair. Audiences don't connect with movies about contemporary wars, but video games about them are blockbusters. Instapaper for the commute: Big Stewart profile anticipates worse culture, better Daily Show. Profiles of the strangest/most special Republican candidates running for office in 2010. Egyptian newspaper doctors White House photo to show Mubarak leading fellow leaders, not trailing behind. Irish science minister withdraws from anti-evolution book launch after public embarrassment. Professor reviews online cheat sheets: some very good, minus the blue jeans ads. Anthropologist discusses the culture of trash; TMN's Doerr on garbage-making. Mavericks' Mark Cuban: We don't sell basketball games, we sell "unique emotional experiences." Restaurant-trained writer reports from inside the kitchen at French Laundry. Susan Orlean hires someone to call her every day to check on her writing progress. Nick Cave "has become our most dapper weirdo, a Don Draper for people who don't get up before sunset." Video: Herzog narrates cartoon about the day he rescued Joaquin Phoenix. Related: Herzog's diary for TMN about spinach and his underpants.
