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22 April 2003

By The Morning News —
  • New York's currently: pretending it has a weekend house
  • Nigeria's elections 'marred by serious irregularities and fraud.'
  • Tensions between Powell's State Department and Rumsfeld's Pentagon to escalate as Gingrinch, from Rummy's pocket, will call for Powell's ministry to be remade.
  • Nina Simone dies at 70.
  • The FBI's No Fly List snags many false positives, but very few suspects.
  • New data shows New Yorkers live longer than Americans as a whole.
  • Yet another government panel finds Bush's 'Clean Skies' woefully inadequate and destructive.
  • Make your own mozzarella.
  • New journalism prize proposed: The Murdoch, for making journalism worse.
  • Bridesmaid dresses from hell.
  • The original, tremendous article in Harper's that led to James McManus's new book, Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs and Binion's World Series of Poker.
  • New Slowtron movie, Western State No. 3, featuring Geoff McFetridge.
  • Birnbaum talks with crime novelist and D.C.-loyal George Pelecanos.
  • Jeffrey Sharlet lives and prays with 'The Family,' where Congressmen harbor a new, secret, total Jesus. Related: Killing the Buddha. (Thanks Evan)
  • I just don't think that you should eat anything that's Jesus. It's OK to eat the cross as long as God is not on it. Rules for eating religious chocolate.
  • MP3s from new Yo La Tengo album Summer Sun.
  • The life of Oscar Wilde.