9 June 2009: Morning

  • With murky implications, Supreme Court blocks Chrysler's sale to Fiat, a delay that may put the automaker out of business.
  • Making eco-friendly strides, Amsterdam offers to finance citizens' purchases of efficient light bulbs and household wind turbines.
  • The last time I drove across America was when I moved to L.A. from New York in September, just before the economy tanked and sent me into a scramble.
  • Op: Gen. McChrystal's "redefinition of American effectiveness" reflects Obama's new, realistic Afghanistan strategy.
  • TMN's Mike Smith spends a week adhering to McChrystal's spartan diet.
  • Jacques Pepin's diet includes--but is not limited to--red caviar, asparagus, and corn flakes.
  • "It's hard to see how they could force people to fight." How warfare may have driven the evolution of altruism.
  • Obama myth-making shows little sign of abating--an explainer on the second wave presents those responsible, where the facts are.
  • Except she needs the shoes to find the man, to have the wedding, to have that baby. Choire Sicha reviews The Hangover.
  • Early childhood expert tries to sort through Bratz, Miley Cyrus, and the sexualization of 5 to 11-year-old "tweenagers."
  • An inspection of Twitter users who post once and never return reveals thousands who don't want to talk about their sandwiches.
  • What Twitter would look like if it asked you what you were really doing.
  • Language crowdpeeving thrives online, but linguistic fundamentalism has been forced to concede a little ground.
  • Related: Which begs the question, which Non-Expert Eric Feezell answers.