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Brilliant Flash animations by Dan Meth on the neighborhood life (and stereotypes) of New York and San Francisco. Don’t miss the New Yorker’s view on the rest of America and Upper East Side.

Can you name what animal is known as “the other other white meat”? They are being killed off by the thousands to prevent a plague that “causes massive bleeding in the lungs, intestines and liver, killing its victims within a day or two”.

Tomorrow’s WP has a rather poignant article on Solicitor General Ted Olsen, who is unusually focused on lower court terrorism cases in addition to his regular job of arguing to the Supreme Court. The fact that his wife Barbara was on the plane flown into the Pentagon may have something to do with it.

Olson gives the impression of a man still reeling from a heavy blow — but thankful that he can shape the U.S. response. “I think the healing process goes better if you have work to do that you have to do,” said Olson, 61, surrounded at his Justice Department office by photographs of Barbara Olson. “That focuses your attention to some degree away from normal feelings of grief and desperation that you might otherwise be affected by. It doesn’t go away in any respect, but it is an outlet for your mental attention.”