22 January 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Jan 2009 Obama orders closure of Guantanamo, new ethics rules, revisions to CIA's torture playbook. The Bush team's record with Pyongyang these past eight years is a nearly unbroken string of defeats and retreats. Comparing Obama and Bill Clinton as though it's a Harvard-Yale football game. Meet Howard Unruh, America's first modern mass murderer. Poster children for "the current PhD despondency" discuss their job prospects and weakened investments. Obama staff, accustomed to Macs, find the White House mired in six-year-old Windows machines. Op: Are you prepared to join Obama's asexual Emo-America? Want to grab Obama/Animal Collective-related traffic on the web? Sure, why not. Authors and speechwriters respond to Obama's speech. Video: How China saw Obama's inauguration speech, particularly after he mentioned facing down communism. We also still enjoy watching Aretha tell someone to shut up during her song. Roger Ebert pays tribute to Steak 'n Shake. U.S. chefs place second in global military cook-off: 150 three-course meals in six hours. Star Trek: The Next Generation actors are available on Twitter. Nominate your favorite 2009 Rooster contender for Zombie status.
