30 March 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Mar 2009 Two months into Obama's term, Glenn Beck's "mad as hell" rhetoric sends Fox News back to the top of political cable. Fox launches "The Fox Nation," a website with an "Our Purpose" page rather than "About Us." Brazilian president says the global financial crisis was caused by "white people with blue eyes." Levi's factory in Hungary, once a beacon of hope for the Soviet-oppressed, shutters, citing "the cold numbers of capitalism." Letter to George Orwell from then-editor at Faber & Faber, T.S. Eliot, rejecting Animal Farm for being "too Trotskyite." Hitchens finally gets around to writing about his attack by Lebanese fascists. Op: The British VAT food-tax system promotes obesity. The dying lifestyle of the cowboy. Photos: From the 2005 cast reunion of The Goonies. Video: The Lonely Island spoofs Enemy Mine. Sasha Frere-Jones on the secret to U2's pop longevity: uplift. Portlander tries to pay $206 ticket with urine-soaked coins. Here's a delightful little pamphlet entitled Cheese Puts on a Variety Show."
