Who could have known that Lady Gaga and Elton John would do such a great job in a duet at the Grammys? Although, in retrospect, it makes perfect sense. So what else do we know now?
We know that George Packer of the New Yorker thinks Blackberries and Twitter are all a bit much, and that he calls his wife to check his email:
Stop the world, The New Yorker
We also know the FT's leader-writers like to mix with the metaphors ("threw a grenade ... no silver bullet"), and think President Obama's bank proposals are a good thing:
The fight begins, Financial Times
According to the LA Times, among the Democrats on Capitol Hill, "behind the scenes party leaders have nearly settled on a strategy to salvage the massive legislation" on healthcare reform:
Democrats quietly working to resuscitate healthcare overhaul, LA Times
Over-achieving nerds worry about not achieving enough:
Type-A-Plus Students Chafe at Grade Deflation, New York Times
Late on Friday we discovered that the Obama administration wants an extra $5bn to spend on the US nuclear arsenal to, ah, make it safer:
Obama to seek major increase in nuclear weapons funding, McClatchy
