23 September 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Joe Biden returns to the media's radar, wooing middle class voters with words like "helluva" and "malarkey."
Obama scales back ambitious 50-state strategy, abandoning Alaska, other hockey-crazed states.
Republicans are fighting on racial grounds, even when express references to race are not evident.
Some linguistic notes on "uppity" usage.
Graph of the candidates' tax plans, each income bracket drawn to scale based on population.
When seeking peace in the Middle East, should the U.S. back the Palestinian leader or focus on building civil society?
Thirty years of peace later, no one wants to be Israel's ambassador to Egypt.
Behind the science of new camoflauge patterns.
Studies find doctors' clothes--ties, long sleeves--can be "a reservoir for risky germs."
Man never throws away his trash, keeps non-recyclable garbage in his basement (see blog).
Riding down the Golden Quadrilateral, the brand-new, 3,633-mile expressway linking Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.
Alex Ross, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie win MacArthur fellowships.
Because Harrison is as masculine and raw and unrelenting as they come. Despite inane captions, Esquire's "75 Books Every Man Should Read" is for babes, too.
