29 May 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 29 May 2009 New Maira Kalman blog post visits a military base for Memorial Day. Kalman among this year's recipients of TMN Editors' Awards for Online Excellence. Retired general says we haven't seen additional Abu Ghraib photos because they're too indecent. Your Saturday morning read: Errol Morris on Nazi-era Vermeer forgeries. What China might be like today, had the 1989 democracy movement prevailed. Alpha Centauri is this generation's Mars: close enough to "dramatically extend the frontier of human achievement." Jokey reviews of the wolf T-shirt have pushed it to the top spot in Amazon.com's clothing sales. One of the odder sensations of reading on the Kindle is a sensation of eternal presentness. Words to be used for the national spelling bee are devised by secret committee, reportedly often from product catalogs. An open, disgruntled letter to the makers of Red cameras and the iPhone "Brushes" application. Lorraine O'Grady remembers Basquiat's evasions, star power, and the aura of "cocaine paranoia." On exhibit: Lisa Jack's photos of college-era Obama. Video: Literal version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
