18 May 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 18 May 2011 Roseanne: Charlie Sheen was the world's most famous john, and a sitcom was written around him. Three weeks ago, IMF chief Strauss-Kahn imagined a woman inventing a rape story about him for money. Ben Stein: It's unlikely that Strauss-Kahn is guilty of rape because economists don't rape. Op: Ben Stein has topped even Ben Stein in the asshole stakes. Accounting for Alan Turing's astonishing punishments for being gay. Now that Wikipedia has killed the concept of experts, it's time to muse on what's next. Video: Rolling Stones' ad for Rice Krispies. Scientists try to grow meat by coaxing embryonic cells to turn into muscle cells. Op: Listen, hypothetical Astronaut Mike Dexter, I cannot date you unless you have a smartphone. Robert Krulwich speaks to Berkeley Journalism graduates: "Think about NOT waiting your turn." Sarah Lacy talks with the young, poor geniuses behind Nigeria's national scam. Photos: Costs attached to gold-mining in Zimbabwe. Life of FarmVille boss, billionaire on paper, Aspen mogul, man of a thousand coaches. Elif Batuman muses on literary hype and resolves to write five-star reviews of her favorite books. Graveyard of rejected book covers. The greatness of a novel in the mind of its readers is often alloyed with those readers' sense of their own greatness for having conquered it. "My Rapist Friended Me on Facebook (And All I Got Was This Lousy Article)." Video: Danish avant-garde composer "going a bit Thom Yorke."
