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Headlines: November 21, 2008 [Weekend Edition]Today

Good summary of the markets’ deflation, and Citibank’s frightening couple weeks ahead.

Round-up of Citi’s possibilities.

Admitting that the big automakers already are bankrupt would go a long way in restructuring.

Romney: Let Detroit go bankrupt.

Kasparov: Obama must look at Russia’s record, not its eyes.

Video: World leaders refuse to shake hands with George W. Bush.

On “the Law of Frozen Scandal,” where cases remain forever open, forever “alleged.”

Notes on anticipated chess tactics between Obama and Senate Minority Leader McConnell.

The American dream is dead, and I have killed it. Wonkette interview with Get Your War On’s David Rees.

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Pilgrimage [Personal Essays]Today

Many people hope to be authors, even some in the publishing business. JESSICA FRANCIS KANE goes back to a monastery to see both sides of the story.

Headlines: November 21, 2008 [Morning Edition]Today

Good summary of Detroit’s recent power shifts, not getting a bailout, and losing its voice in the House.

Op: China’s recent Latin American dealings show it moving from global power to actor—a flood of trade is not universally appreciated.

Sticks and stones may break your bones and cause Neanderthal extinction.

Op: Recent successes, hijackings show it’s time for an anti-piracy surge.

Hertzberg: Palin’s decision to carry to term, and her denizens’ support of it, exposes pro-choice beliefs.

When a kooky and konfused restaurant throws a kurveball, it gets a zero-star review.

“I don’t care enough about it to make a sustained or impassioned counterargument.” More on “meh’s” linguistic economy.

Study shows Daylight Savings Time costs mo

Headlines: November 20, 2008 [Afternoon Edition]Yesterday

To get the ball rolling: Federal judge orders five Guantanamo detainees released.

The Economist predicts the world in 2009; e.g., an end to hubris.

Op: If Obama needs the occasional cigarette to maintain his steely calm, let him have one.

Nothing like a massive electoral loss to strip someone of great relevance in Washington. McCain goes back to work.

Following the reporters and sources behind the news of Obama’s considering Clinton for State.

Op: New York City—full of crime, stocked with empty condos housing the homeless—going back to Lindsay time.

Thomas Kinkade’s 16 guidelines for making stuff suck.

New York’s

Digest: The Chicagoan [Reading]Yesterday

The Second City citizen’s eponymous magazine, which initially ran from 1926 to 1935, is revived in the form of a well-produced, well-illustrated coffee table book.