8 September 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 08 Sep 2008 What McCain and Tina Fey really look like standing together. Alaska is 21 years into a growth streak, but the good times obscure a major reliance on oil. In case you missed it: McCain campaign mistakes fancy middle school for Walter Reade Army Medical Center. Phrase of the day: "Reversible raincoat," when candidates repeat words in transposed order. Sometimes I wonder whether in fact the poetry being praised even exists or has been dreamed up to provide the rationale for the praise. On the beauty of blurbs. Oprah gets an earful for saying no to Palin. National security agencies encourage their spies to use Facebook--their own, super-spy version of Facebook--at work. Western society is very individualist. Asian societies are much more collectivistic. How East Asians and Westerners read faces differently. Ebert's fascinating "How to Read a Movie." Op: Treating Strunk and White's Elements as a bible of good usage is literally laughable. Round-up of video games that are changing how science is taught. Print for the commute: Wonderful story of teaching school in New Orleans and listening to Lil Wayne. Coney Island's Astroland closes forever after developer fails to renew lease; merry-go-round, bumper-cars offered for sale on the web. Summer in the life of the Times's frugal traveler.
