9 November 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 09 Nov 2007 Police raid nabs Cosa Nostra's 10 commandments; prohibitions include glancing at friends' wives. Related: What the police really should be worrying about are the commandments driving 'Ndrangheta, Italy's crime family on the rise. World's biggest gun owners: Americans, Yemenis, and Finns. Yes, Finns. Were you aware the romance-novel industry is essentially split along racial lines? Notes on autantonymic slogans--catchphrases like "Go, Musharraf, go!" with a special sort of ambiguity. With regard to Wall Street's big bonuses: "When you make it rational for people to bet the house, you may end up without a roof over your head." BBC upgrades flap to row. Survey of cultured British politicians. Terrific profile of Jacque Barzun, who upgraded the human brain (his) to a vast library. New "Holden Caulfield" syndrome affecting swaths of young academics who feel phony. Story of a father tempted to defend modern art against ignoramus museum guides. Oddly beguiling, well-presented statistics about the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Tracking the skeletons that have "boogied" out of James Brown's closet since his death. Tomorrow's celebrities will be permanently accompanied by an unwelcome micro-cloud of buzzing devices. Reassuring news that our chances of being killed by a molecular cloud are low for the next few megayears. Print for the commute home: The New Leader.
