May 2, 2012: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Nasher museum in Dallas, designed by Piano, besieged by the glare from a neighboring condo tower.
- Related: Sarah Hepola on why so few people admit loving Dallas.
- Round-up of cityscapes painted on cardboard.
- Toni Morrison's real name is Chloe Wofford—Toni does the publicity, she says, but Chloe writes the books.
- Bill Clinton reviews fourth installment of Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon Johnson.
- If you want her in your movie, Hillary Clinton requires her co-star be a Muppet.
- Roger Ebert lists his "greatest films of all time."
- Quick glance at the competition slate for this year's Cannes film festival.
- Trade in developed economies has yet to recover its 2008 level, but imports in developing economies are more than 40% higher than their 2009 low.
- Thoughts on why unemployment is so high in South Africa.
- Attacks and rebuttals about cheap, quick food being "the single most important advance in human history."
- World's 50 best restaurants ranked.
- In the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, 13 of the 15 jockeys were black; of the first 28 Derby winners, 15 were black.
- Notes on the daily lives of real crime-scene technicians.
- Join the fun: Contest to win a copy of Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down.
- Related: Detroit, je te knife.
