22 September 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 22 Sep 2009 Czech Republic officials digging in their heels on the Lisbon treaty. Antarctica's secret plumbing network could be contributing to rising sea levels. Intricate toilet-paper-tube sculpture. When one man's Warhols are stolen, all our Warhols are stolen. Announcing the Find the Warhols Project. Profile of a Liberian newspaper produced on a blackboard. Op: Interpreters are more important than weapons, but they're often mistreated and disrespected. Just because getting high in Mexico is legal doesn't mean it's thrilling (especially when you buy weak mushrooms). Benefits and dangers in using a country's nighttime lights as an indicator for economic growth. Op: Television, both on the screen and behind the scenes, is reserved for white people. Kindles could render fact-checkers (and their corrections) invisible; time will tell if this is a good or bad thing. Audio: Ira Glass on why This American Life is going off TV. Umberto Eco on the death and resurrection of good handwriting. Story of the conception of Born to Run.
