5 June 2009: Weekend By The Morning News — 05 Jun 2009 Forecast for Pakistan by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the U.S. can't do much, but Obama's on the right track. It takes a strong president to press himself and the world to do better. Excerpts from responses to Obama's Cairo speech by various countries and talking heads. An interview with the photographer who captured how the U.S. military transformed Saddam's palaces into makeshift housing. Op: OK, Obama. Now let's have a speech on gay rights. Nexus for policy, math, and Anglophile nerds: The new U.K. Statistics Authority. China's oversupply of bachelors being scammed by runaway brides. Dalai Lama says he'd be happy to swap electrodes for meditation if it gave him the same outcome. James Fallows reports--as much as he can--from Tiananmen Square. "My mother was a dynamo...And I am always leaning forward into the wind." Profile of Marty Cooper, the little-known innovator of the modern cellphone. Four points of advice for folks on both sides of the abortion aisle. Rafael Nadal thinks he disappointed millions by losing French Open. Comments written by actual students extracted from workshopped manuscripts at a major university.
