5 January 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 05 Jan 2009 Krauthammer: This is our once-in-a-generation chance to pass the holy gas tax. Obama may win no Nobel for wading into Gaza, but the obligation for engagement is deep. Op: Thanks to Israel's Gaza attack, the Islamic Hamas movement has been brought back from near political defeat. Moving essay by Yossi Sarid, "If You (or I) were Palestinian." Profile of Google's T.V. Raman, engineer of accessibility, as well as a Braille Rubik's Cube (see also, Raman's FAQ to guide-dog usage). Editors used to be known by their authors; now some of them are known by their restaurants. Remembering Robert Giroux. CIA's whatever-it-takes approach to finding intelligence in Afghanistan includes handing out Viagra. Police Arrest Batman. Best of the Evening Standard's crisis headlines from 2008. Photos of abandoned London. TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on the aesthetics of economic collapse. Recap of the many scandals involving private military contractors in 2008. Eulogy for the George W. Bush presidency. Video: Nerd remix of "Jizz in my Pants."
