2 April 2002

Sharon proposes flying Arafat into exile; European leaders clamour to have him first.

White House remains on Code Yellow alert, with no apparent need to move to Code Orange. Millions breathe sighs of relief.

Dan Rather has close call with suicide bomber; millions actually do breathe sighs of relief.

Israel goes after Arafat's top aides.

U.S. invited back to U.N.'s Human Rights Commission by Australian minister; in bizarre move, Bush turns down invitation, saying Aussie could do more, then directs aides to support commission publicly.

Author Ann Patchett, known by name alone to 1 in every 6M Americans, wins PEN/Faulkner prize for Bel Canto; other writers up for prize, including Franzen, now completely unknown.

In a similar move to brother publication, Playgirl wants hot Enron men for nude spreads; 401k options used as bait with stock currently trading at 16.65.

Friedman writes on horror of suicide bombers in one of best columns yet; Playgirl request seems imminent.

O'Reilly Network features good tutorials on OS X Terminal application for U.N.IX-wary Mac fans.

Suits return for businessmen, though most are cheap, threadbare; casual Fridays still haunt fashion industry and finances alike. Lesson learned: Men that wear pleated Dockers with blue shirts will buy cheap suits when prompted.

Our new favorite celebrity writer Amanda Hesser goes to Mexico, learns things.

Attention smokers, coffee drinkers, models: Important tips on how to whiten your teeth, look like Rebecca Romijnnigkzn-Stamos.

Times and Journal plan massive changes, promise new fluff sections and fancy colors.

Pauline Kael on The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich who is profiled in this week's New Yorker by Tad Friend, now infamous as Amanda Hesser's fiance. (note: that is two Hesser mentions in one day!)