28 July 2008: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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White House to announce that war, rebates, economy will push deficit to nearly $490B.
Hugs are for Obama, not McCain; while in Spain, Chavez goes hugless, too.
What Hoover's penchant for saving papers can teach us about the fall of the U.S.S.R.
Beijing panicking to reduce air pollution pre-Games.
Your reflection is exactly one-half your life size, and other truths about mirrors.
Print for the commute: The black, white, and gray areas of the medical marijuana trade.
All apologies to Wuthering Heights, but Brideshead Revisited has a claim as literature's finest schlock.
Zadie Smith on the magic, beauty, stupidity, and laziness of Forster.
Analysis of Mad Men fashion.
Phillip Toledano's moving "Days With My Father." See also: Toledano's "Phone Sex Operators."
Video: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes.
