22 October 2004

  • New York's currently: wonderful this time of year
  • Iraq's insurgency comprised of thousands of soldiers, dozens of groups, with gigantic financial resources.
  • Big, remarkable summary of White House's successes and failures in fighting al Qaeda.
  • U.S. finishes a "strong second" in Iraq war.
  • More than 10,000 Nepalis have died in a civil war defined by disappearances and torture, overseen by a brutal Maoist movement--and the world doesn't have a clue.
  • Singapore goes gay-friendly to harvest pink cash and seem less authoritarian.
  • Don't have time to read the hot new thriller? Have the ending spoiled for you instead!
  • Op-eds: Friedman: Conservatives have failed their own test of patriotism; Voters for whom religious faith makes a difference can have good reason to distrust candidates' talk about their faith.
  • At least eight inmates released from Guantanamo returned to fight the U.S. in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Video: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog takes on Washington spinsters.
  • 29 North Koreans flee to South Korean school in Beijing, seeking asylum.
  • Iraqis unprepared to send Hussein to trial.
  • PDF: Bell Atlantic's Record magazine introduces its Picture-Phone service in June, 1969.
  • The electoral college calculator.
  • How Eliot Spitzer has risen to become Wall Street's titan and terrorizer.
  • William Grimes becomes third Times book critic, eating cake with Janet Maslin and Mcihiko Kakutani.
  • The Baghdad Blogger goes to Washington.
  • How many Spaniards does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Juan. And other good jokes of recent note.