17 March 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Mar 2008 The spirit of the law should prevent Americans from causing harm to these creatures in other countries. Global warming not the only problem facing polar bears. Ten concepts of the changing world, including the end of movie stars and geoengineering to start global cooling. The stunning Encyclopedia of Life; the enormous Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Doerr: By placing humans at the very top of the tree, my high school teacher may have done his students a mild disservice. Wii video games blamed for rise in effeminate violence. Today's must-read: John Burns's five-year look at the war in Iraq. Study finds "corrective rape," games of "rape me, rape me," in South Africa. Print for the commute: Condi and the/her boys. And/or: Mamet on why he's no longer a "brain-dead liberal." Robert Birnbaum on the books to read, with recommendations filed this week by George Saunders. Today in the Rooster, Ze Frank gets bloody fingers digging in the guts of Ian McEwan and Tom McCarthy. ABBA drummer's body found at his home in Mallorca; deciding the next non-star to hand out Walk of Fame trophies. Two clubs that sound full of stars. Video: Andy Roddick responds to questions about his love life as a star with "little pretty kitty girls."
