23 December 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Dec 2008 Today's afternoon headlines are either long reads or fun sites to explore, dedicated to holiday travelers everywhere. Pope says saving humanity from transexual behavior is as important as saving rainforests. The top 10 humanitarian crises of 2008 according to Doctors Without Borders. Op: If Obama wants to make good with gays after the Warren pick, try "reversing the U.S.'s decision to vote against a historic UN resolution to decriminalize homosexuality." Greenspan: Consider the massive unwinding headache we'll have in the next few years. You are not courageous. Fantastically combative interview with Ehud Barak. Four fallacies of evolutionary psychology. A guide to understanding flow charts written in flow-chart form. Another good thing about the internet: the return and rise of amateur scientists. Profile of the economic crisis in Columbia, S.C., an ideal listening post for the country as a whole. Venice's glass-blowing industry confident it won't succumb to the crisis or yield to tourism. French hens $.02/kg. The U.S. nominal average ad valorem tariff rate for (12 Days of) Christmas this year. Design firm's visual history of its various holiday cards. Slideshow of weird holiday lights displays. Video: In Naples, Obama statues popular in nativity scenes.
