24 February 2004

  • New York's currently: flipping for real about this snow crap
  • U.N. says, earliest date for elections in Iraq: end of this year.
  • There will be thousands of dead. You will all think of me. C.I.A. had the name (Marwin) and phone number of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers two and a half years before 9/11.
  • Bush begins re-election campaign with attacks on Kerry. Related: Milbank on the White House's bloated projections on job growth.
  • Wanted for corruption and murder, Peru's ex-President Fujimori plots his return.
  • Mainstream Democrats fear Nader stealing thunder, while mainstream Republicans worry about Roy Moore swinging his rock.
  • His apartment in Houston was really crappy. He sure didn't live fancy. I mean, you wouldn't want to sit down. Ex-girlfriend of the President tells about the 'missing' Guard years.
  • Details behind training and operating the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, charged with fighting insurgents.
  • First lady fights for $500 million children's hospital in Iraq, to be run by Bush family friend's charity; critics would prefer spending on basic infrastructure, clean water.
  • Photos: Gorgeous backyard ruins.
  • Saying it like he means it? Elizabeth Kolbert on why nobody likes good mayor Bloomberg.
  • Photographs of same-sex marriages in San Francisco.
  • Thousands of square feet planned for Met's expansion, including new Roman Court.
  • My wife says I'm the second smartest. She claims there are 80 guys tied for first. Favorite Columbo quotes.
  • Mistaken identity, or a photo of Van Gogh?
  • Defining 'kill' on the dubious tape being used to try Morgan Tsvangirai for plotting to assassinate Zimbabwe's Mugabe.
  • Gallery: Edward Gorey-designed paperback covers (and how they came to be). [ via x ]