30 January 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 30 Jan 2009 Forget being the next Gil Grissom; forensic economics could be the next sexy career. CIA's Russian spy Harold Nicholson has been training his son in tradecraft from prison. Saturday morning read: Great accessible guide to the stimulus debate. Thoughts for a new economy: Access is now more important than ownership. Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg go big-picture on Keynes: the bigoted Americaphobe who would be our savior. Joseph O'Neill on why Updike matters. Detailing the crash and burn of Portland's mayor(s) finds simple math in the men/power/sex equation, gay or straight. It is rare that a person in single lifetime accomplishes so much. Nuclear smuggler A.Q. Khan's personal site. Turns out Maira Kalman's wonderful wit, eye, and paints visited the Obama's inauguration. Welcome to Somalia and the world's strangest presidential election. Video for the science fans: Brilliant noise. Argument for the serious need for children to benefit from unstructured play. Collection of mixtapes given by ex-significant others, including audio files, personal commentary. Josh Allen's "Mix Tape for a Dead Girl." Steven Johnson on the software he uses to write his books.
