5 September 2008: Weekend By The Morning News — 05 Sep 2008 Op: The G.O.P., which usually scoffs at "identity politics," has staked everything on biographies. For a man who has lived 72 years and 67 days, there is between a 14.2 and 15.1 percent chance of dying before Inauguration Day 2013. Obama campaign avoids racial tones in responding to allegations of being "uppity." Some Kenyan first ladies turn down plush honorariums for being "responsible," some don't. Video: Jon Stewart outlines Republican double-talk. Papers deal blow to hopes cancer genomics studies will speed up a cure. Photos and narration track the devastating impact of oil exploitation in Nigeria. Hepola: Reality shows we'd like to see, e.g., "Hangover CSI." Critical appraisal of Madness's videos. Welcome to the passionate plights of the numerati--crunching your data to make sense of our world. Poem: "The Clay Army," Yusef Komunyakaa. Let us now all appreciate the (seemingly threatened) books section of the New York Sun. Print for Sunday: Kurds, Turks, and Kemalism. Chart outlines the 100-year forecast. Three hundred love letters.
