28 July 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 28 Jul 2009 Clinton is so far a dogged, superb secretary of state; too bad the media only portrays her as an almost-was. Instapaper for the commute: Clancy Martin's account of getting sober. Account of how the ocean's surface is bizarre--a sheet of jelly that's home to "an unusual menagerie of microbes." Visualization of Madrid's air particles. Video: Palin's exit speech as performed (as poetry) by William Shatner. Readers can enjoy multiple Holocaust novels in a season, but hyped-up giants won't always win. Driving may be an everyday activity, but it's also the most dangerous and cognitively assaultive thing most of us do. How it feels to be sued for $4.5 million for sharing music. Juice sux! Drink wine! Often hilarious travails as David Rees fights Jamba Juice after having his comics ripped off. Gloss on the Secret History of Getting High in America. Sartorial guidelines for artists: stripe-painters should not wear stripes; pants are better when they relate to history. The relationship between poets and aliens. Profile of Marion Wallace-Dunlop, English "lady-artist," suffragette, and hunger-striker. Interview with artist Zack Bent, known for collecting his tears and the tears of his wife and children. Music mags have less to offer music lovers, and music lovers need them less than ever anyway.
