21 November 2003

  • New York's currently: keeping the film rights
  • Arrests made in yesterday's bombing that left at least 27 killed and 450 wounded at the British Consulate and a British bank in Turkey.
  • Baghdad: rocket attacks on two hotels and the Oil Ministry.
  • London demonstrators mock toppling of Saddam Hussein statue, topple Bush effigy in Trafalgar Square.
  • Where are we in this boom-bust process? The deteriorating situation in Iraq is either the moment of truth or a test that, if it is successfully overcome, will only reinforce the trend. Tracking the arc of American supremacy, and asking if it's a good thing anyway.
  • Michael Jackson booked in molestation charge.
  • September 11 commission subpoenas New York for police tapes and other materials the city has refused to hand over.
  • Anti-accord demonstrations in Miami turn violent.
  • Amid scandals, Illinois lawmakers pass landmark governmental ethics bill.
  • Hepatitis outbreak linked to Pittsburgh Mexican restaurant: now up to 530 cases.
  • Phil Spector charged with murder.
  • U.S. begins deportations of ex-Nazi guard living in Queens.
  • Senior Israeli official says during question-and-answer session at Georgetown University that Israel will make a 'decent respectful offer' to Palestinians for statehood.
  • Really, like, really answering the question: estimating the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.
  • Enough Thanksgiving resources and recipes to thoroughly engorge your gizzard.
  • The husband and wife sit close on the front porch step. Their children wave sparklers, then drop them, hissing, into a coffee can of water. Kathy Fish, 'With Fire and Metal on a Moonless Night.'
  • The preview you need to see, even though you still haven't seen Elf: Will Ferrell in Anchorman.