2 May 2007: Morning

Bush vetoes Iraq funding bill as vowed, fears "setting a date for failure."

Bush reminded yesterday that, four years later, his mission continues to accomplish failure every day.

Britons can expect to soon have visa trouble in the States.

Op: Skeptics maintain that little of enduring charm or value has been created in the arts under Blair.

Charming Times reporter takes two offended food students out to lunch at Le Bernadin.

First paragraph in column defending literacy as good a reason as any to be illiterate.

Screenwriter Mike White: To defend mindless exercises in sadism like The Hills Have Eyes II by citing Macbeth is almost like using Romeo and Juliet to justify child pornography.

Justify a moustache with May; Random nudity during weather reports always justified.

Travel much? Feeling guilty about the environment? Skip planes, cars, and especially cruises--but have you considered zeppelins?

The year 2000 as depicted on postcards circa 1900.

Fascinating depictions of American statistics.

If your business is based on the web, it pays to do as much of your management and development with web apps yourself.

Murdoch moves five billion in chips towards Dow Jones, cites interest in expanding the Journal's coverage.

Chávez takes control of Venezuela's last remaining oil projects, casts off ties to the World Bank and the IMF.

Jack Lemmon. He is truly a great performer. Excerpts from Reagan's diaries (see summary).

The Jesus and Mary Chain reformed--and replaced me with a Hollywood actress.

Jeff Wall explains how some of his iconic photographs came about.