13 April 2007: Morning

  • Yesterday's Iraqi Parliament bomber was likely a security guard, possibly connected to al Qaeda.
  • "Nowhere is safe," says Paliament member. That said, pockets of stability are beginning to emerge in Baghdad.
  • White House seems to have lost--or allowed to be deleted--several years of Karl Rove's emails.
  • As Zimbabwe's economy is hollowed out, a small few are making a killing.
  • Report: U.S. unprepared for nuclear terror attack; Reports: Terrifying/fascinating summaries of terror scenarios.
  • Today's long read: MS-13--let's just say "gang terrorists"--in Latin America is the ignored instability next door.
  • Suspected al-Qaeda terrorist adopted by Jewish lesbians.
  • "We are trying to treat everyone fairly--not everybody in the world is equal." HSBC bank branch won't talk to working-class peons.
  • CBS pulls Imus's plug, albeit in the midst of a fund-raiser.
  • Journalist joins long-distance commuters in New York, Atlanta.
  • Ten concept cars Detroit should have built; 25 strange houses.
  • Compiled Vonnegut links, Vonnegut Mp3s; Vonnegut meets Sammy Davis Jr., Vonnegut asks about a young lady's feet.
  • Animated Billy Collins poems.
  • The pleasures of committing poetry to memory.
  • If Ryan was going to get into a fight over the legal limits of parody, he couldn't have run into a better-prepared opponent than Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
  • Various Steinbrenners--Kim Jong Steinbrenner, Bizarro George Steinbrenner No. 1--who could take Georgie's place.
  • Video: You've met Gary reviewing wine; have you met the old lady tasting chicken broth?