10 August 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: empty, and wonderful, on the weekends
Baghdad's mayor ousted by a Shiite militia and replaced by member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
Women in Sudan commit adultery to get jail time in order to get a divorce.
Ontario to consider banning "gender tax" on haircuts--charging women more than men.
Silver Jews' David Berman turns remarkably candid about the money to be made in indie rock.
Recent losses in New York remembered.
Walter Mosley remembers what we've forgotten about the Watts riot.
Because humans are excrement-producing poets and imperfect lovers. Why 10 percent of Germans feel they're the butt of jokes.
Clips from Iranian newspapers, defiant over "inalienable" rights to rev up their nukes.
Enormous repository of information on world's subway systems.
Op: Restauranteurs, follow Thomas Keller's wake, abolish tipping at your tables!
Philip Roth canon now appearing between Library of America covers. See also, German interview with Roth.
Stella embeds 60 film references in three Bruegel-like ads.
Are you a whiz-bang ad salesperson who reads TMN? Then we want to hear from you.
The universal packing list robot.
Like The Aristocrats? Penn has a journal describing the interviews being recorded.
Appreciation of John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet, maker of a mirror for black America.
Picnics, lobster, champagne and anal sex. Christopher Hitchens's four most overrated things.
Fake Charlie Brown and Lucy tour newspaper building in Iowa.
Op: Japan deserves a permanent seat on the U.N. security council, but writing fat checks differs from diplomatic wrestling.
Memories of smoking weed with Thomas Pynchon, via coudal.
Brains, guts, live tentacles--exploring the outer reaches of deep-end dining.
Yes: Cheerleaders chant license plate number after hit-and-run driver flees the scene.
