23 October 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Oct 2008 Instapaper for the commute: The remaking of John McCain. Shopping for the clothes you can buy for $150,000; "no-Palin-costumes-please" poster for your Halloween party. Salon's slant a bit evident in "the punditocracy's seven biggest blunders of the 2008 election." Positive stories about Obama rose as his numbers climbed; negative stories about McCain rose as his numbers fell. All the bad numbers you need today to be worried about the economy. Europe's a blue state, Asia is red. Verlyn Klinkenborg on our bright new world, polluted with light. TMN obviously goes to the wrong conventions: Journalists to receive free guns at firearms exhibit. Remembering the golden age of August 2008 in a two-month-old magazine. Judging the current world of graphic design in China. A survey of signs in New York between 14th and 42nd streets. For proud families, the Irish language is making a comeback, but at what cost for Ireland's increasingly immigrant population? Mad Men creator discusses the influence of Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road on the show. Audio: Striking similarity between Queen's "We Will Rock You" and Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. Top five reasons Luke Skywalker is a complete idiot.
