22 April 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Apr 2009 Geithner tells Congress bank report cards need to be kept secret for public's own good. They see it as a story where one man can have a vision and successfully complete it. Indian business students find Mein Kampf inspirational. South Africans will vote for the ANC, but they're deeply disappointed; poll finds fewer than half think they're better off now than under apartheid. Instapaper for the commute: Obama's political philosophy and the logic of nudges. Russia's future in global affairs: Kantian partner or Hobbesian gladiator? In a witch hunt, the witches have feelings, too. New York's giant therapy session for shocked Wall Street-ers. Former New York editor says the rich-people story epitomizes the magazine's worst side. Veterans connect with a "pussy" magazine writer during a bike ride from San Antonio to Dallas. Video: Laid-back Indian motorcycling. Tour from within a British asylum for untreatable anti-social personalities (psychopathic paedophiles, etc.). Jonah Lehrer and Teller on the neuroscience of magic. Ads versus the reality of fast food. The prospect of solar-sailing to other stars lacks popular vision, not technological know-how. An infinite bookstore at your fingertips is great news for book sales, but not so great for that most finite of 21st-century resources: attention. Interview with Neil Gaiman about writing the final chapters of Batman.
