8 March 2007: Morning By The Morning News — 08 Mar 2007 There is no military solution to Iraq (without political action), says Petraeus. Different commander says the surge should be maintained through next February. Why did the plane crash in Yogyakarta yesterday? It was going too fast. New BBC global poll finds low marks again for the U.S., but even worse feelings about Iran. A good rule of thumb for learning about Iran is to read obscure scholarly books and ignore anything that sells well. Italian lawmakers are the highest paid in Europe. "Donnybrook" roils D.C. over whether Bush should pardon Scooter. Federal business in Washington crippled by less than one-eighth of an inch of snow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux give in to the allure of chick-lit by insisting their new chick-lit book isn't chick-lit. Seattle artists accuse prominent critic of asking for art to build his collection. Writing fiction used to mean you were young until 40; now Granta says it's 35 (and TMN's Anthony Doerr makes the cut). See also, how Granta doesn't make the bills go away. Op: I have pulled the plug on email, and I am the better for it. How to make your cell phone worthy of 24; how to turn a family vacation into a physics experiment.
