18 November 2005

  • New York's currently: excited to see our invasion of Iraq has led to giving the country to Iran
  • Iraq suicide attacks kill at least 60.
  • Notes on the CIA's many joint operation centers worldwide to track terrorists.
  • Military significantly lagging in recruitment for key positions.
  • House narrowly approves five-year budget plan--last-minute pork-packing puts it through.
  • Chinese more interested in buying European brands than American.
  • Elite French blame riots on immigrants' polygamy.
  • Holocaust denier David Irving arrested in Austria (see Deborah Lipstadt's six-year ordeal of being sued by Irving).
  • 1945 defense of women as spies.
  • Receive the original Strand Sherlock Holmes stories in your in-box or in the mail.
  • New U.K. reality TV show will try to convince contestants they have travelled into space.
  • As key ingredient in fight against avian flu, star anise meets extraordinary demand.
  • The top 40 bands in America today.
  • The White House responds to a Times editorial on Bush misleading America pre-Iraq.
  • Op: No D.C. profession is immune to pundits.
  • Rolf Berlin wins top New York streetfood vendor award.
  • Canadian comedy cracks the Big Apple.
  • On the streets, "Death to America," but on the court...Americans basketball players in Iran.
  • PDF: Uncle Mark's 2006 Gift Guide and Almanac for the best in holiday tech recommendations.
  • Simplicity becomes a trendy topic.
  • Business 2.0 caught borrowing content from TMN's Paul Ford; Paul Ford smuggles Gary Benchley into Business 2.0.
  • How to become the hottest professor on campus.