4 December 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 04 Dec 2007 The hidden human costs of Iraq, as told by current soldiers' memoirs. Luxury brands rated for their social and environmental performance. Judging how not to be conned when buying firewood this winter. Mailbag: "To say that the dollar is brutalizing the world economy could very well be the narrowest idea I've heard in years." China swears its moon pics aren't fake; decide for yourself. "In contrast to the intestinal conflicts that bedevil Somalia and many other African nations, Somaliland has found a way to negotiate and resolve these rivalries peacefully." Five more first-person accounts of Sen. Craig's after-hours activities. With best intentions, Jessica Francis Kane encounters the singular first-person language of New York City playgrounds. Op: Greedy businessmen may do more for Africa than well-intentioned donor dollars. Notes on India's underground trade in supplying the world's top medical schools with human skeletons. When it comes to scientific knowledge production, most people don't know how to participate. Artist Natalie Jeremijenko and physicist Lawrence Krauss discuss progress, Star Trek, participatory democracy. How Powell's fights to avoid being marginalized the way music stores have been pushed out. Print for the commute home: My life, my death, my control--or not, in a gripping story about letting go.
