8 March 2011: Afternoon By The Morning News — 08 Mar 2011 U.K. and France drafting "contingency" resolution to impose no-fly zone over Libya. Tunisia dissolves state security apparatus "to overcome the deficiencies noted under the former regime." Coverage of coverage of anti-Semitism having a moment in the sun. Profile of Dan Savage, America's most influential advice columnist and ethicist. Tournament of Books 2011 begins today. During March, while supplies last, get your ToB notebook free with any Field Notes purchase (coupon code: Rooster). Our favorite Rooster-inspired event: School Library Journal's Battle of the Books (see also: Rooster invades bookstore). Dan Rather is nailing stories, covering anything he likes, only no one's watching--and if they were, he wouldn't know about it. Video: Auto-tune the News nearly overwhelmed by Sheen source material. Gallup finds most theoretically happy person; Times finds him in person; Alvin Wong finds 15 minutes of fame. Oral history of The Strokes. Pic: Way to hold onto your beer. Story behind and video for very fun interpretative dance brought to Girl Talk. Video: Kubrick's The Shining screened forwards and backwards simultaneously, superimposed. How Milton and Dickens inspired The Godfather II--the invention of zooming in narrative. Canadian priest gets Ph.D. in snowboarding, looking into the experience of "soul-riding." Related video: Trailer for The Art of Flight.
