29 January 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 29 Jan 2009 Irving: Like most men my age--I am a decade younger than John Updike--I began reading him because of the sex. John Updike wore a soft V-neck sweater and waved as he drove off in an unwashed minivan. The White House's new informal dress code, office culture--there's no more getting chewed out for not wearing a jacket. The story of Obama's desk, formed from the broken timbers of the HMS Resolute. Nerd Merit Badges; see also: Rosecrans Baldwin's revised merit badges. Video: From 1981, San Francisco journalists imagine how computers might deliver a newspaper. Study finds high-fructose corn syrup contains mercury. Falkland Islands pine for great oil fields, wealth--Argentina does not. Op: Iran catches fever as the West sneezes; as oil prices drop, America's dialogue should mature. Congressional Republicans push Alcatraz as a new home for Gitmo detainees; Pelosi disagrees. In other proposals, some would rather turn Berlin's old airport site into a mountain--rather than a park or a red-light district. Video: Bart Simpson pushes Scientology. Infographics dig into Pitchfork's 100 best tracks of 2008 and Billboard's top 100 hits of 2008.
