20 August 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 20 Aug 2009 U.S. "deeply regrets" Scotland's release of the Lockerbie bomber; U.K. survivors more sympathetic. Graph of U.S. population distribution by age shows the passing wave of the baby boom. Wealthy Americans who dodged taxes in Swiss accounts now seeking leniency, or crossing their fingers. Gallery of politicians' abandoned MySpace pages; Tom Tancredo hasn't logged on since March 6. Choice Tom DeLay quotations. Map of destinations and messages during Clinton's visit to Africa. Survey of images by the Bang Bang Club, South Africa's legendary photographers. Iceland: Too small too succeed? An argument for joining the E.U. Notes on appearances by a man whose cancer has left him totally disfigured. The most miserable, stressful thing you can spend your time doing. The agony and the ecstasy of creating the Onion. Pynchon described by Penguin as a "publicist's dream." They are very nice people. They just don't understand how to do business. Infighting among the Alamo's defenders. The genetic differences between a pluot and a plumcot; video on varieties of salt. Video: 1933 surgery to remove a brain tumor.
