30 October 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Oct 2008 Instapaper for the commute: On the evolution of the "no-longer anti-sex" Christian right--evangelical "babe" Palin may be the future. California's anti-gay crusaders are trying a new tactic of being ominously friendly--and judging by the polls, it may be working. Video: Synchronized presidential debating. Bill Nye the Science Guy talks about global warming, the medium of television, and his favorite kind of insulation. Photos: Eighty-one ladies from the original Star Trek series. Guerillas hit the campaign trail in Indonesia, conclude the peace process--people demand normality. Like the tobacco giants before them, as Western consumers turn from bottled water, corporations increasingly target emerging markets. If you want to know: clearing up and clarifying financial jargon and dribble. How the "New Depression" will hit the arts--fringe theatre is safe, filmmakers are "very fucked." Video: The Counter-Intuitive Comparison Institute of North America have made an NCAA-style bracket to find the best "thing," narrowing it to a few thousand. Outsourcing the novel: The Center for the Study of American Unhappiness calls for anecdotes. In literary terms, it's a close-second-person shooter. It's Jay McInerney and Lorrie Moore territory.On the hit video game Gears of War. Gallery: Literary Halloween costumes for last-minute inspiration.
