30 March 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Mar 2010 Democracy leader calls for global rejection of Burmese regime's election and "prearranged outcome." Changes in global attitudes toward homosexuality and prostitution show steady disdain for sex being sold. After banning prostitution last year, Iceland now forbids strip clubs. All that is harmful about Chinese mining investment in Africa: strikes, poor conditions, particularly Chinese workers. Japan's economy depends on planned obsolescence. Lessons from Japan's "ancient tradition of sustainability." "Graveyard Consumerism": Matthew Newton's photos from the great American flea market. Like most people, I'll have my qualms with organized religion in general, but overall, I'm buying it. Where there's a need, there's a religious loophole. Passover's eight-day real estate exodus. Paper: "The Neurological Problems of Jazz Legends." Photos: Earth hour 2010. See also: Photographs of insects glistening with dew. Seventy-eight things you didn't know about Johnny Cash--like his coaching Dolly Parton. Atwood: The Twittersphere is an uncanny place. It's something like having fairies at the bottom of your garden.
