29 January 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 29 Jan 2009 Africa hands probably pleased to see Obama (perhaps) getting tough on Mugabe. London Times headline takes a slightly tougher stance. Capitol welcomes Gore's global warming talk with hugs, signaling break from Bush policies. Scientists rank global cooling hacks. Iraq denies new license to Blackwater, citing civilian deaths. On reclaiming the word "liberal," and why that's actually impossible. Washington Post kills stand-alone book section; editor advises not "gnashing our teeth about too much." New Updike poem anticipates his death as well as your lack of interest (see Updike round-up). "Immortal" jellyfish found to be able to reverse aging, continues to spread across the globe. Stalingrad (now Volgograd) of WWII photo-matched to the present. Related: Paris, then and now; New York, then and now. Frere-Jones interviews Justin Ouellette, founder of Muxtape (then) and Muxtape (now). Comic creators on Twitter; authors on Twitter; various science people (see also: Twitter etiquette). Video: TMN's Todd Levin learns the etiquette of being "pope'd."
