9 July 2009: Morning By The Morning News — 09 Jul 2009 Attacks in Iraqi cities killed at least 41 people Thursday, the worst violence since U.S. troops withdrew. In Afghanistan, the incidence of roadside bombs is on a sharp rise--736 IEDs were encountered in June, compared to 465 in May. Over the past year, a federal sting has successfully smuggled bomb materials into 10 high-security buildings. Playboy acquires serial rights to Nabokov's unreleased novel, The Original of Laura. Related: A profile of professional opera singer, mountain climber, and race car driver Dmitri Nabokov, Laura's custodian. National Book Foundation presents a book-a-day blog of its fiction winners from 1950 to 2008. The four remaining outdoor telephone booths in Manhattan are all on West End Avenue. Roger Cohen wonders if Federer is an app; also: Federer and Sacha Baron Cohen risk overshilling. "New parents are the ideal targets for marketers...They're confused and anxious almost by definition." Affluent parents get wise to hand-me-downs. Whatever the evil sales copy says, understand these are nothing more than cheap plastic cans with snap-on lids. Op: Skepticism is the truest pathway to knowledge. We'd be better off not believing anything we read in conventional history books. How the alignment of military thinking and medical thinking could lead to peace. Both the world and the internet would benefit from more kindness.
