26 March 2010: Weekend By The Morning News — 26 Mar 2010 F.B.I. investigates threats against Democrats who voted for health care reform. Activist to transform Maldives atoll into "Democracy Island," a camp to learn nonviolent political change. Economist's assessment of health care reform: coverage to be expanded dramatically, but at a heavy cost to the taxpayer. Op: The Paralympic Games encourage athletes to be good--just not too good. Professional golf crashed when the Tiger Bubble exploded; Tour officials hope for (someday) a revived Tiger, though perhaps not an idealized one. Saturday morning read: Questions asked of "our visceral aversion to interspecies sex." New technology for fingerprinting chemical weapons traces by-products. The amount of moisture has not changed. The water the dinosaurs drank is the same that falls as rain today. How Michelle Obama's war on obesity overlooks a crucial collaborator: canned fruit. Call for an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) Recognition Day, wherein U.S. representatives would turn off their BlackBerries. "Crazy, Magic, Impossible"--how Polaroid film was reinvented. Transcription of philosopher-wordplay graffiti found in a University of Chicago bathroom. David Mamet master class contained in a memo to TV writers. Photos: Three weeks in Steve McQueen's world. Inside the Barbizon Hotel: New York dorm for small-town girls--Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Candice Bergen--who became stars. Videos: Emil Richards and the Microtonal Blues Band; Super Smart Action Squirrel.
