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MORTON

Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Nov 28, 2017
Pitcher Charlie Morton's unlikely trip from journeyman to star
Two hours before an exhibition game in March, the Houston Astros clubhouse was vacant save for MAS and 'Stros hurler Charlie Morton.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Feb 21, 2017
Teams stock up on mid-rotation types to add depth to pitching staffs
A pedestrian pitching parade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 24, 2016
'The Myth of the American Sleepover': Missing some identifying teen spirit
It's one hot night near the end of summer somewhere in leafy suburban America, and a bunch of high school kids — from baby-faced freshmen to confident seniors — ride bikes out to their favorite swimming holes, cruise around in cars blaring tunes, wander from house to house thinking that the next party will be better and, with the help of alcohol, try to get sloppy enough to make out with someone. They're all restless, not realizing that years from now, they're going to look back at this aimless freedom as "the best days of their lives."
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2014
Secrets law far too wide-reaching: U.S. expert
The new state secrets law is so broad that it's self-defeating and must be amended before it comes into force in December or it will have a chilling effect on free speech, according to U.S. national security and civil liberties expert Morton Halperin.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 8, 2013
'The Messenger'
It's a scene we've seen in so many other movies: Two soldiers, in full dress uniform, arrive on some leafy suburban street and knock on a door. "We regret to inform you ma'am" is usually about how far they get into their message before the dead soldier's loved ones collapse into sobbing heaps. "The Messenger" shows us just how much that job must suck.

Longform

High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?