23 January 2009: Weekend
By The Morning News
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Krauthammer: Clinton craves your adulation; Obama will take it, but he can leave it, too.
When seeking cranks on Anderson's innaugural poem, one can do worse than The New Criterion.
Against The Lancet, The Economist argues that Russia's massive economic reform did not kill millions.
Michael Lewis on why The Economist and Vanity Fair make money, and The Atlantic never will.
Notes on the craft of composing great standalone sentences.
Pinker: Don't be fooled by the nigglers: in language and life, challenge shibboleths and dogma.
Notes on the recent hoax package that fooled the British sports press.
Instapaper for Saturday morning: Buffett explains why to support the stimulus package.
On the great, unanswered stimulus question, as approached by sexologists: what do women want?
Dowd and Friedman cry at news that governments rarely listen to outside advice.
Explaining the rise of Scandinavian crime fiction: it's the plots, stupid.
No Republican president since Roosevelt's death has tried harder than the departing George W. Bush to undo what Roosevelt did.
The Pope warns Catholics of excessive Facebook wankage.
In cartoons, a year's worth of dudes; in Lego, the inauguration.
