23 July 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 23 Jul 2009 Obama tries to explain health care reform to the people, relies on D.C. jargon. Good Times dinner-conversation primer on health care reform. Republicans' favorite consulting firm to cite in health care chats is owned by UnitedHealth Group. Video of John Yoo, author of the Bush torture memos, getting punk'd. Instapaper for the commute: Profile of Valerie Jarrett, advisor with the president's ear. After days of riots over basic services in Johannesburg and Durban, Zuma government vows to crack down. Eighty-one percent of Pakistanis see Islamic militants as a critical threat; 59 percent share many of Al Qaeda's attitudes toward the U.S. Op: The further you get from the Northeast, the nicer people are. Part two of Der Spiegel's Porsche saga. Andy Murray plays local county match, goes against a journalist who saw him at Wimbledon. Life of a living statue in London; analysis of Mexican druglord nicknames. Op: Contemporary atheists needn't base their arguments in theology to be considered legitimate. Cankle-busting is the latest rage, but it's "highly questionable" that diet or exercise can spot-reduce fat. Twenty locations to eat ice cream in Paris.
