29 August 2008: Morning By The Morning News — 29 Aug 2008 Analysis: Obama sacrificed lofty rhetoric for substance--and it worked. Interactive: Synched video and transcript of Obama's speech. News of a McCain ad during the D.N.C. had Dems worried, though it turned out as more of a valentine than a spoiler. Putin suggests the White House may have orchestrated the Georgian conflict to benefit McCain's campaign. Video: The BBC's exclusive interview with Dmitry Medvedev on the Georgian conflict. On Obama's disproportionate consideration of factory-workers. All about odd music instruments, including Nick Cave's sound suits. When considering eating local, carbon footprints shouldn't come into it--quit beef if you want to save the planet. Britain's Cartographic Society president claims landmark-free internet maps hurt history, map-reading skills. Dorothy Gambrell's "Bohemian Index" maps of New York City. "I've never seen the sea, but when I do I would like it to be a Bolivian sea." Bolivia's landlocked navy is ready for a coastline.
