28 August 2007: Morning By The Morning News — 28 Aug 2007 Analysis of Bush's reasons to reward loyalty over competence (particularly for "Fredos" who don't turn on their bosses). Conservative picks for who should replace Gonzales. News bubbles up of an Idaho senator pleading guilty to solicitation, giving license to toilet reporting. Walter Mosley: Two years later, waters are still rising, and the storm is still coming. Notes on the drying out of southwestern North America, akin to permanent drought conditions. Even with foreign cultural details, poems from Guantanamo are intimately familiar, whether or not the authors are jihadists. I read a lot. That's how I learned to write. And I listened a lot, too. Old Salon interview with Grace Paley. Chris Tucker to focus attention on smaller, more personal Rush Hour projects; Woody Allen thinks someone should make a movie about his life. Rich wine collectors say chi-chi bottles still taste great even if they weren't originally owned by Thomas Jefferson. Sedaris quits smoking and still can't taste anything; Adichie wishes she ate the same food as the people she loves. How Madison Avenue is wasting millions of marketing dollars on (a largely deserted) Second Life. Interview with Canada's top drain explorer, with pictures. Pictures of economists fishing. Video of a typographically elaborate engagement.
