24 September 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 24 Sep 2008 McCain campaign crafts "flow of fictional fan mail" to local newspapers (see their guidelines, talking points). "We have never had freedom of speech in Russia, so I don't really understand what could be stifled." Under Putin, investigative journalism finds last refuge on the radio. Op: The government's speed should not vary inversely with its information. New poll finds Obama leads in trust to handle the economy, and has pulled even with McCain in trust to handle a major crisis. Print for the commute: Leaving behind a fortune for your pets "is like setting the money on fire in front of a group of poor people." Science on why you shouldn't hit your kids. The gift your physicist kids will be clamoring for this year: a levitating train. Audio: Terrific interview with physicist Brian Greene makes infinite space seem local. Chinese claim they're building "impossible" space drive for new line of satellites. Gallery: Winners of MIT's origami competition. If you like eating local, Bon Appetit annoints America's "foodiest small town": "Chapel Hill-Durham" (see where to shop, eat, and drink in the Triangle). It's no exaggeration to say that Roth has been appalled by what has happened politically to his country since the days of Nixon and Vietnam. Klosterman: "I don't want to be Angus Young. I want to be Jeff Tweedy." I'm sorry, David, that we didn't always care for you in the way that we should have.
