3 July 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 03 Jul 2008 Citing spiritual and moral crisis, Russia aims to flatten its youth's social landscape. The dying phenomenon of the college yearbook. Truly intelligent people know how to improvise well. Academics don't. The problem with memory-based education. The flag pin was popularized by Richard Nixon, who got the idea after seeing Robert Redford wear one in a movie. Tracking the African economy with the changing price of a bottle of Coca-Cola. "[The chicken] was so full of steroids that we never could have given it to athletes. They all would have tested positive." An Olympic disaster guide. Why the media's fascination with the pregnant man isn't helping transgender politics. Now dogs can have nine lives too--an interview with a biotech entrepreneur and his cloned pets. David Cronenberg's The Fly is made into an opera (finally). How to make a 12-sided-die purse. As olive oil, mozzarella costs soar, Italians eschew pizza, chew pasta. Artist walks 100 miles to complete massive drawing in sand. Beyond SNAFU: bad military acronyms.
