23 February 2005

New York's currently: wondering if we'll resume thinking about the tsunami once the gates are down

Shiite alliance nominates Ibrahim Jafari as Iraqi prime minister.

Medical examiner's office unable to identify remains of more than a thousand Sept. 11 victims.

Photos of genocide victims in Darfur sneaked from archive that also included directions for mass murder.

Bush to address Putin's anti-democratic ways, with no stick and very few carrots.

"Renaissance Officers" program sends West Point cadets to the opera.

Today in the TOB: The big bad Wolfe vs. the darkhorse de Bernieres, decided by John Warner.

Op: Africa's military facilities could be triumphantly used for development.

"The Gates" recreated on a slightly smaller scale.

We're giving away copies of TMN contributing writer Kevin Guilfoile's new novel, Cast of Shadows, out next week on Knopf. Click here and you could win one now!

Women admit to private lust for Kevin Federline.

Author who was beaten by pirates says attacks are down since the tsunami, but the varmints will soon return.

If there's a lesson here I guess it's that abusive parents don't stop being abusive just because they get older. Author's father leaves bad reviews of son's books on Amazon.

Kottke.org, stealer and provider of many headline links, goes full time with micropatrons.

Banned books in the year 2191.

Video: Man listens to "Dancing Queen" on repeat for entire drive to Iowa.

College kids use Wal-Mart as a playground.

And there are many things to be astonished at. You haven't traveled until you've been to Irkutsk!