October 7, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- The GOP consensus on recession-recovery is fundamentally wrong, but only Romney is even partially skeptical.
- Breezy history of American fiscal policy finds the Tea Party battling Alexander Hamilton.
- Fry: Those who label Jobs "salesman" or "showman" display their asininity.
- Ten unicorns of China policy debunked.
- Study finds viewing an episode of Lie to Me makes people worse at distinguishing truth from lies.
- Powell would like it remembered that Cheney undercut Bush far more than he ever did.
- Samuel L. Jackson on Rick Perry's hunting camp.
- Charts, lore, insect observation used to create weather-predicting system more accurate than modern meteorology.
- Twins conjoined at the head, who can see through each other's eyes, make new friends in kindergarten.
- Stunning photos show people terrorized by haunted house.
- Pool of obsessive photo projects.
- Art exchanged for health care.
- Journals of Spalding Gray, "our pre-eminent theatrical confessor," published and studied.
- Inspiration for the weekend: "In Gray There is Multiplicity," by Eileen Myles.
- Scientists, journalists talk about the debt they owe their teachers.
- Richard Prince on Bob Dylan's paintings.
- Greatest hits from the Biblioracle-coined genre, "White Male F*ck-up Novels" (WMFuNs).
