17 August 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Aug 2009 Publishers to follow the Financial Times in charging for news to offset waves in advertising. Obama: The most frightening thing about health care reform is doing nothing. I like horses and I like Obama. Nothin' wrong with that. Going country with Channing Tatum. Details of financial fissures under the Tarantino scrimshaw at the Weinstein Company. Sedaris: Success means nothing without family to confirm it. Analysis of Dan Brown's staying power by self-loathing Da Vinci Code fan. Britain's biggest jewelry heist carried off by robbers wearing prosthetic faces. Las Vegas is on sale, and its economic defeat is beginning to look like a military loss. The war and domination of the smartphones is only just beginning. Long profile of New York's Mayor Bloomberg, wondering how long he'll desire to rule. Newsweek abortion reporter witnesses her first abortion. Wonderful comic-book-style account of eating dinner at El Bulli. Notes on what music works best to keep people on hold. Affinity stems from deep parallel currents in two outwardly disparate societies. How Amish culture has pervaded Japan. A perfect U.K. pet would be a 49% dog, 35% cat, 9% horse, 7% rabbit named "Rooney." To temper a fear a flying, try a more cognizant love of airplanes.
