24 June 2005

New York's currently: thinking it could move entirely by subway to a new apartment across Brooklyn, given a whole month to do it

Supreme Court rules that un-blighted homes can be seized to make way for public works such as, say, a mall.

Op: Government seizure is an effective way to rejuvenate ailing communities.

"We didn't ask enough questions at the beginning of... Mr. Bush's war. The press didn't ask enough questions. The Senate didn't ask enough questions... That was wrong." In Iraq hearings, Congress shoots barbs at Pentagon.

Poland and Ukraine make new ties, honor their shared dead at reopened Polish cemetery in Ukraine.

It's back: the constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. With as many flags as you see these days, maybe this is just a safety issue? No.

Reading the web changes the way you read.

Video: The pixel roller will change the way you buy your blacklight posters of R.E.M.

At this point, the thing in his hand felt, more or less, like a very heavy volleyball. On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a no-hitter while tripping on LSD.

The BBC's newly designed weather graphics make viewers want to throw up.

Music licensing group squeezes old-time music joints to pay up for cover versions.

Ralph Lauren has a very nice collection of cars.

Jason Kottke interviews the sun.

Like the Penthouse Forum, but for posterity: "Mapping Sex in America."

NNDB.com tracks biographies and news events to create a constantly updated "Who's Who."

Video: People at party break into the hustle. Wow.