26 November 2008: Weekend By The Morning News — 26 Nov 2008 The Morning News wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. See you on Monday. On the state of Democracy in South-East Asia, with more info on yesterday's violence in Thailand. Sean Penn interviews both Castro and Chavez (with some help from Christopher Hitchens). Compendium of dead online services and companies. Great Criterion top-10 lists, like Dennis Lehane's, or Jane Campion's. David Leite wants a copy of your rumpled-up Thanksgiving shopping list. Long before the Pilgrims arrived, French dissidents were drinking wine and ogling local women in Florida. The velociraptor was actually just a big scary turkey, scientists say. Science has super-sized your Thanksgiving meal, but that doesn't mean you'll savor it more. Guide to the best fake turkeys on the market, and a fat batch of turkey-science stories. Help hotlines for last-minute Thanksgiving crises. Turkey doesn't make you sleepy--butter, cream, and wine do. Why reading bad books is intellectually healthy. Audio: TMN Rooster Champ Junot Díaz on becoming American. Updike wins bad-sex lifetime achievement award. James Fallows's two pdf recommendations for your Thanksgiving stupor. Additional turkey-day browsing: rolling with Petraeus during his last days in Iraq. Completely unrelated: Sasha Frere-Jones on being called to scrawl in Prince's museum.
