17 November 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 17 Nov 2008 "Five myths about an election of mythic proportions." Instapaper for the commute: Nussbaum hopes Obama will start with a clean slate regarding India. The very idea that Obama should transform African Americans into the black Waltons is flawed. Architects and designers imagine a new Oval Office for Obama. Not impressed: Goldman top executives forgoing their 2008 bonuses. Rationale from the neuroscience world on why credit-card spending doesn't feel bad. Your daily dose of neuroscience: On rats, light-sensitive genes, and on-off switches. Shortage that illuminates the global crisis: steel shipping containers. Inside Nigeria's politicians' waiting game as President Yar'Adua holds onto power. Op: Alert to Western writers: "Africa" doesn't exist; you made it up. Slavoj Zizek on Obama's win; Slavoj Zizek welcomes you to the gym. In case the book's size scares you off, five of 2666's "most unskippable" passages. TMN's Anthony Doerr on "superorganisms." Get thee to North Adams: Great website for Sol LeWitt's new MASS MoCA retrospective.
