28 January 2009: Morning
By The Morning News
—
Op: I cannot think of any other president with the same kind of personal credibility in such a critical time. Obama is wise to reach out to the Islamic world.
Alberto Gonzales attempts a comeback; here's the backlash.
Today's long read: Escaping North Korea, China, Laos, and discovering life in Seoul.
After causing billions in damages by forecasting financial doom, South Korean blogger tests government's human-rights resolve.
In Greece, the youth didn't trust the police, didn't have hope--so they rioted.
Iceland builds new government, expected to appoint the world's first openly gay prime minister.
Nobody likes the scourge of city surfing, which is overpopulation, and the toughest proletarian surfer would prefer to share the waves with three corporate lawyers than with 30 removals men.
Everywhere in the world, clean freshwater is dwindling, raising new interest in desalination of saltwater--which is almost everywhere.
Our neighboring planet served as a shadowy twin onto which earthly concerns, anxieties, and debates were projected. From last month, Updike on Martian robots.
From 1961, his review of Franny and Zooey for the Times.
Douglas Coupland: How much less spending can we afford? Where will it take us?
Blagojevich claims behavior was just elaborate plan to surprise Patrick Fitzgerald with Senate nomination on his birthday.
Matthew Baldwin opens his annual "Make-Yer-Own Oscar Pool Page."
