5 January 2010: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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Despite idiot politicians, scientists are back to using spy-satellite pictures to study ice imagery.
Move over, master of the ditch, it's time to celebrate the Flying Dutchman.
Multiple murderers, including a multiple murderer, enjoy Wii.
Slideshow: Fifteen pictures from 10 years at war.
Five reasons to place long-term bets on American power: demographics, resources, food, might, and ingenuity.
A history of famine considers whether it's more like weather or warfare.
Op: War is unfair, a line must be drawn, and a nation's border is as good a line as any.
Ya hear about that study which claims there's no such thing as "the G-spot"? Lemme tell ya something, ladies: That study is bunk.
Awards for best performance by unknown actors and celebrities in commercials.
Instapaper for the commute: Must-read from the superb Charles Bowden on history, art, and rats.
Slideshow of dazzling cosmos pictures, many reprocessed to give truer colors.
Words of advice for white writers accused of racism.
Op: We read to be surprised, a nearly oxymoronic feat, which is a bit like childrearing.
Confessions of a short-story writer whose family and friends see autobiography everywhere.
Pictures of people playing chess on roller coasters.