4 September 2009: Weekend

Krugman: Better than economists' inability to predict the crash was their general blindness to catastrophe.

JumboTrons and marrying a best friend rank among the things white Evangelicals like.

Nigerian-American author considers what constitutes racism, ignorance, and the bizarrely racist.

Mo'dernity, Mo'problems: a Central Africa blog for the ages.

Still ignored by Western media, Africa's World War continues in the Congo.

Welcome to Tawang, "the biggest tinderbox in relations between the world's two most populous nations."

Journalist with knowledge of affairs signs up for Ashley Madison, the adultery-networking site.

Chris Jordan's statistics rendered as art.

Luck plays a part--a place setting near total strangers doesn't hurt--as does a burglar's courage. The art of leaving.

Etiquette advice regarding the scheduling of a funeral before someone's dead.

Twice in my life, when I had no one, David Foster Wallace was there for me.

For fans, searching for the author in the new Coetzee book.

Lorrie Moore on the greatest female Brazilian writer you've never heard of.

High-resolution pictures of Neil Gaiman's bookshelves; fascinating new photos of Mars.

Videos: Evolution of visual effects in film; evolution of Apple Store kid.