21 July 2005

  • New York's currently: not Maine, but not that bad either
  • Pentagon assessment says Iraqis aren't ready to fight the insurgents on their own.
  • Briton, nabbed in Pakistan, reportedly called the four London bombers just before the attacks.
  • Still more foreign diplomats attacked as Algerians are kidnapped in Baghdad.
  • Video: Classic interview with Iggy Pop.
  • Blue blood has been replaced in Hamptons polo by the Gottis, but then, who cares, and why pop the collar?
  • China will no longer peg the yuan to the dollar.
  • The best starched shirt cuffs in the history of Christianity. The new Pope, fashion symbol, with a very handsome assistant.
  • Logo trends of 2005.
  • You don't appreciate the hardworking journalism that goes into producing stories about Brad Pitt.
  • Barbecue Is A Noun to screen this Sunday at the Rural Route Film Festival in NYC.
  • How to tell good fish from bad.
  • Op: Having spent decades arguing before courts rather than sitting on them, John Roberts has never embraced one grand legal theory to the exclusion of all others.
  • Excerpt of new David Sedaris story about enjoying a good orgy magazine.
  • Minus the fatwa, Rushdie enjoys a normal tour schedule.
  • M. Ward tonight, free, Battery Park.
  • Book nerds: James Wood responds to criticism, via blog comments, of his review of Cormac McCarthy's new book.
  • John Roberts's wife: ardently against abortion.
  • The Cook's Thesaurus, including suggested substitutions.
  • Not having a huge spread in Mustique and getting to scuba dive with a couple of skinny browned Mustiquian babes every afternoon sucks. George Gurley explains how his summer could be better.
  • Video: Harlan McCraney, White House speechwriter.
  • 20 things that only happen in movies.