3 July 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 03 Jul 2009 Fascinating profile of one governor's election as a study of drugs in Mexican politics. Iraq war video game incites fury, raises ethical questions, gets pulled from production. Instapaper for Saturday morning: Why groups do things that group members would never do on their own. Another good July 4th read: Brief history of the pyrotechnic spark of life. In the gas vs. charcoal grilling debate, the eco-friendly argument goes for the former, mainly. Photos of eating in Gaza, where war has made access to fish, chicken, and livestock scarce. Ecuadorean radio and television council deems The Simpsons too racy for primetime. Michael Chabon on the difficulties of teaching his children to be adventurers. David Foster Wallace's editor at Little, Brown shares some of Wallace's editing notes with the Infinite Summer crowd. There's still time to read and join! Blog dedicated to very bad library books. Digital ramble through the aesthetics of summer blockbusters; TMN readers and staff on much the same. Study of "the gulf between literature's abstract power and the trivia that always attends its creation." Ten steps to producing the worst possible author photo. Musicians' "coolness" determined by how often their songs are deleted or marked "guilty pleasure."
