28 October 2002

New York's currently: losing leaves fast

Pentagon leak: Reserve call-up, if U.S. goes to war with Iraq, will activate around 265,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves, same amount as the Persian Gulf war.

Gas used to subdue Chechen guerrillas killed 115 hostages; 600 still hospitalized; government mum on gas's identity.

Barbers association demands apology from Jesse Jackson for demanding apology from the makers of Barbershop.

American diplomat Laurence Foley gunned down outside his home in Jordan.

The PowerPoint Anthology of Literature.

U.S. signals it's ready to lose U.N. battle; Bush heads back to the campaign trail.

British students get 100 pounds per term to test condoms for pleasure ratings.

Read the journals of MLB players, e.g., by Scott Spiezio, 'I felt good this morning when I got up.'

Mash fun: Michael Jackson meets the Beach Boys.

Chronicle of Higher Education buys website Arts & Letters Daily for undisclosed sum; and so, A&LD returns.

NYT fashion and social photographer Bill Cunningham muses on his job, and his muses.

When I was in medical school I had some time to read...It worked pretty well with clinical rotations. They don't work well with writing. It's exhausting. At the hospital, if you are waiting around for a patient and it's a slow day, books are great. Robert Birnbaum talks with Daniel Mason, author of The Piano Tuner.

Dorothy Parker's New York, including her favorite hang-outs.