20 October 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 20 Oct 2009 In the Middle East, force often trumps diplomacy, though winning a battle can still lose a war. Op: Tens of millions are suffering and Wall Street is printing money--where's the outrage? Chart shows D.C. and Baltimore with 1:1 ratios of job postings to unemployed persons. Fifty phrases to eradicate from the workplace (and the more predictable Esquire version). Arguing the First Amendment case for protecting (or not) the encouragement of murder. Finland makes internet access a legal right. Account of an uprising at the nation's largest private prison. Inmates learn compassion by consoling dying inmates. Dutch journalism students comb newspapers for errors and serve pies to offending journalists. Almost everyone reads; now authorship is growing tenfold. Many Arabs are poor due to terrible educations; governments respond by promoting private academies. Bogus H1N1 cures include water filters, biohazard coveralls, and "Flu Away" inhalers. I have noticed among those I meet a tincture of incredulity. Confessions of a gay congressional spouse. Creepy vintage ads. Blind-tasting Bordeaux with Robert Parker can remind you that all palates are fallible.
