17 March 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Mar 2010 Few examples exist of pouring blood as a form of political protest, and no one--including Thai magicians--knows what it means. Fizzy anticipation over Obama's visit to Indonesia. Op: Obama's education reform is a compromise designed to placate school administrators and teacher unions. Six suicides in six months at Cornell. Op: College basketball is a sleazy game; Kentucky's Calipari is the sleaziest. The science of free-throw shooting. David Byrne on collaboration, with pictures of his home studio. Within a generation, the world's population will almost certainly be stable. Photos from a trip across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2; photos from a trip around Astoria with Sam Lipsyte. World's first skyscraper with built-in wind turbines erected in London. Story of an accused Jamaican gang boss that the U.S. would like extradited, and Jamaica is slow to part with. Another reason to celebrate the Irish: "They saved the books of the Western world." In the literature on the hold-up problem, vertical integration is one proposed solution. Economics in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Day jobs held by famous writers. Periodic table of science-fiction film and television.
