26 January 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 26 Jan 2009 Monday job cuts see 45,000 laid off from big companies. Financial crisis topples Iceland's coalition government. As states close prisons, small towns worry how they'll replace cheap convict labor. Op: Obama's team should save its China criticism for issues that really deserve it. Reasons why liberatarians can be pleased with Obama so far. I owe a lot of my character and who I am today from a humble background. Interview with Zimbabwe's chief banker, apparently responsible for nothing bad. Notes on pornographic cartoons, "idly sketched by Politburo members," and other treasures from the Stalin archives. Instapaper for the commute: "Ms. Kennedy Regrets," or how a senate candidate turned Bartleby. How Oprah's current crisis captures the nation's free-floating angst. What it's like to live a completely nailed-down, GPS-enabled life. 2009 is the Year of the Gorilla and the International Year of Natural Fibers; periodic table of metaphors. Very short history of political scientists in the movies. Roger Ebert imagines the scenario wherein The Dude gets beat up at Sundance. This is your last day to beat up on the Rooster's Zombie Round.
