27 April 2006

  • New York's currently: about to completely unravel, possibly
  • Sister of Iraq's new vice-president gunned down, two weeks after another of her brothers was murdered.
  • FEMA yanks back housing benefits from thousands of hurricane evacuees.
  • FEMA is in shambles, beyond repair, and should be abolished, say Senate investigators.
  • Real Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, adds firmament to campaign of defiance.
  • Terrorism fantasies, now released in high-brow and low-brow versions.
  • Evidence uncovered of more than 1,000 secret CIA flights over Europe since 2001.
  • Innocent men at Gitmo find ways to garden despite the guards, another chapter in our enormous mistake.
  • Welcome to the age of the "frozen scandal."
  • Op: To get in step with the rest of the world, the U.S. should rely more on nuclear power, not less.
  • You have our permission to thump anyone who says they're the "decider."
  • Redbook reporter refuses to disclose source of recipe.
  • Budding poets, are you aware of "flarf"?
  • Quiz: Cookie or Playboy?
  • One way to upset the Vatican is to wrap a church in Da Vinci Code ads.
  • In the 1970s, Nauruans were among the world's richest people; now they're poor, unhealthy, and headed for worse.
  • Africa in pictures: Architecture.
  • PEN podcasts, including this year's New York festival.
  • Aging and damaged Spirit settles in for long winter of science studies.
  • TMN's David Leite and the story of his difficult-to-classify super tongue.
  • Say beutter, instead of butter. I can take it. Shanna Compton's ode to Jacques Pepin.
  • Vintage photos of celebrities flying on Air France.
  • The seasonal foods of spring--ramps and fiddleheads, etc.--are disappointing despite the hype.
  • Knowledge for Thirst, the review of juices and sodas, returns.
  • Video: George reviews grotty shirts.