26 January 2005

  • New York's currently: hacking its lungs up all night long
  • White House predicts budget deficit will reach $427 billion this year; Officials insist they can still cut it in half by 2009.
  • 31 marines feared dead in a helicopter crash in western Iraq--if confirmed, single worst loss of life for U.S. forces since 2003 invasion.
  • We vow to wash the streets of Baghdad with the voters' blood. Leaflets warn Iraqis not to vote on Sunday.
  • Both parties agree Rice will be confirmed as secretary of state, but Democrats shred her standard of honesty.
  • MTA now vows all A and C trains will resume full service by September at the latest.
  • Op: Bush's idealism is wonderful in rhetoric, and astonishingly disconnected from reality.
  • Unusual articles on Wikipedia offer a full week's worth of reading.
  • NY women sift through restaurants for the most appealing facial lighting, in a city where the best restaurants are stuck in a mall.
  • Steve Martin remembers Johnny; the great Kenneth Tynan on the great Carson.
  • What you can do with Antarctica: Claim it! Watch it melt!
  • China's economy re-accelerated in 2004's last quarter, despite efforts to curb investment. Is it overheating, and why do we worry?
  • Haruki Murakami fans rejoice to publisher's website. [via bs]
  • Are avoidable nursing-home deaths an epidemic in Minnesota?
  • Not even Sony could have single-handedly destroyed the notion of social space. Walkmans, iPods, and especially cell phones have condemned a generation to loneliness.
  • How to turn a new Mac Mini into a home entertainment center.
  • Yet another columnist, this time Maggie Gallagher, fails to disclose receiving federal funds to promote Bush policies.
  • Photos: Before and After shots of people on meth.