27 February 2002

  • Bush approves Saudi "vision" for Mideast Peace.
  • White House would spend millions to promote marriage as solution to poverty, social ills; increase work hours for welfare recipients to 40 a week.
  • Rumsfeld kills Pentagon's propaganda unit, saying recent allegations damaged group beyond repair.
  • Muslim mob sets fire to train, carrying Hindu activists, killing at least 55.
  • Starbucks shareholders meeting shows nauseating contradictions as global ambitions iced with marketing, sentimentality.
  • Thomas Friedman, enjoying recent fame, vows moustache trend "about to explode."
  • Penguin Putnam's Riverhead gets Cobain's diaries for millions.
  • Jordan will have surgery, threatening Wizards success; Knicks fans claim similar fears due to Camby's illness; millions laugh at idea of Knicks and success in same reference; we cry.
  • On the comic talents of Spike Milligan, prolific clown.
  • Crossword genius Henry Hook and a story of obsession. [scooped by kg]
  • MOMA exhibit: "Artists of Brucke," German Expressionist prints. [via ak]