24 January 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 24 Jan 2011 America's cotton business booming; prices hit Civil War levels. Rhetoric on the Ivory Coast escalating; Ouattara calls for cocoa ban to disrupt Gbagbo's revenue. Prior to falling, Ben Ali's regime tried to steal Tunisia's Facebook passwords. British police approved to sleep with activists while doing undercover work. Daily exposure to innocence matters. Britain ruled by parents of young children. How to give your child a camera that posts automatically to Flickr. Security guard's photos from the set of Back to the Future ; photos of a Dutch theme park in Japan. Washington Post ombudsman: In its decline, my paper has become riddled with typos and errors. Op: O is no Primary Colors. Sports Illustrated blogger tracks down haters to ask why they called him names. Rhetoric gets a bad rap, but it's an important part of everyday speech. Scientists don't know why orthotics work, only that there's no need to "correct" flat feet. Music is defined by its flirtation with--but not submission to--our expectations of order. How music makes us feel. Lessons from music history on how to handle fame. TMN's Doerr: The books we buy aren't copies, they're recipes or vaults. Formerly an artsy kidnapper-for-hire, Brock Enright now an artsy director of brief, live movie things.
