Planes on Fire
At major airports around the world, aircraft often burst into flames, get buried in buildings, and are burnt black. But don’t worry, the fiery wreckage isn’t real, it’s intentional.
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Poetry As Insurgent Art
On Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s lifelong work in progress, plus a 50th-anniversary edition of “A Coney Island of the Mind.”
26 November 2008: Morning
The Bailout: now bigger than the expenditure for WWII and Vietnam combined. "Traditional Publishing R.I.P." chronicles the daily death of print. It's not really dismal. It's quiet here, you know. And there's no rats. CBGB's remains lay in
26 November 2008: Weekend
The Morning News wishes you a happy Thanksgiving. See you on Monday. On the state of Democracy in South-East Asia, with more info on yesterday's violence in Thailand. Sean Penn interviews both Castro and Chavez (with some help from Christopher Hitchens). Compendium of dead online services and
Determining the Best Thing
When it comes to things, what thing is best? This video provides an introduction to the extensive studies conducted by the Counter-Intuitive Comparison Institute of North America. Think more about the things that you surround yourself with.
25 November 2008: Morning
Bush grants 14 pardons, commutes two sentences--no word on Milken or John Walker Lindh, though more reprieves are expected. Zakaria: In effect, we're asking China to finance simultaneously the two largest fiscal expansions in human history--theirs and ours. Melody Barnes will head the Domestic Policy Council
25 November 2008: Afternoon
Protestors shut down Bangkok airport with gunfire as Thai prime minister returns from summit. Disloyalty, or the whiff of it, set off a particular quivering. Ode to Bush's nostrils. Hitchens: The last thing we need is a Clinton in charge of foreign policy. Charities on tenterhooks while billionaires,
Iggy Pop Lusts for Life
More than four decades into his career as a rock mentor, Iggy Pop talks about getting back with the Stooges and finding a daily rhythm that suits him.
The 2008 Good Gift Games
This holiday season, rather than hock what’s left of your 401(k) for Starbucks gift cards, gather friends and family around a cozy, non-energy-dependent board game.
24 November 2008: Morning
China, South Korea buy up huge tracts in Madagascar, Ukraine to ensure continued access to agricultural land. The Water Mill extracts clean water out of the air, has the potential to affect local climate if used en masse. Protests held in Iceland to free the man who flew a supermarket&