12 January 2004

  • New York's currently: layering
  • Former Treasury secretary claims Bush wanted to find a reason to oust Hussein pre-Sept 11.
  • Supreme Court set to weigh presidential powers.
  • Three years ago Bush charmed Latin America at the Summit of the Americas; now he faces an audience more wary of him.
  • New study shows link between higher cabbie pay, less frequent taxi crashes.
  • Iraqi Shiite cleric pushes for direct elections, which would alter White House plans for leaving.
  • Sizable communities have coalesced, some allegedly numbering 200 people or more, complete with 'mayors,' elaborate social structures, even electricity. The Straight Dope on whether or not there are mole people living beneath New York City.
  • Still no takers: you can place your bid on the assets and masters for now-defunct Beastie Boys record label Grand Royal.
  • The 100 most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
  • You don't own this album? Good Lord, even Insound carries it --what are you worried about!?! Prog records worth losing your indie cred over.
  • January issue of Citywriters is out.
  • PBS funding rise after three-year low; still no support for Masterpiece Theatre.
  • 'Credit creep': movie credits are getting longer and longer. See the side-by-side comparison of Return of the King to some other films.
  • Listen to speech accents from around the world.
  • 'The dinosaurs are not around today because they did not have a space program.' A list of our most compelling reasons for space exploration.
  • New Yorker profile of Larry David.