26 May 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
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After North Korea's nuclear tests, Japan's ruling party will likely use the "political gift" to claw back a lead in polls--potentially breaking its pacifistic constitution.
The leader of Japan's opposition party appears set to end a half-century, nepotistic stranglehold on power.
Ahmadinejad busts up Axis of Evil branding, extends reelection-contingent olive branch to Obama.
Photos: The new faces of Iran. (accompanying article here)
David Cameron, Britain's Prime Minister-in-waiting, explains his plans to dramatically redistribute political power.
Today's long read: How Argentina failed to become a superpower--and became a warning to current world leaders.
Contra Thoreau, retreating into nature, instead of bringing me back to myself, made me feel like less of a self and a bit more like one of the many undifferentiated bison.
While I'm on the elliptical and maybe ordering a hovercraft online, I'll drain a six-pack of Red Bull. Andy Borowitz's ode to insomnia.
The French Church of Scientology taken to court for ripping off the fragile, unlawfully doling out medication.
Researchers reach a possible clinical diagnosis for the embittered.
A hypothesis on the Japanese fear of internet, from fake Facebook names to discomfort with Google Maps.
Video: How Jorge Colombo drew this week's New Yorker cover with an iPhone.
At the Heartbroke Daily, Knox Dupree travels the world, chronicling the women who've broken his heart.
Track-by-track list of instruments played by Jay Bennett, who died on Sunday, on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
