3 August 2004

  • New York's currently: really pissed if its panic-button wasn't pushed for good reason
  • Info leading to Sunday's terrorism alert was three years old, though some of it was updated recently by al Qaeda.
  • Turkish hostage killed in Iraq, causing Turkish truckers to stop all deliveries to Iraq, hoping to save two drivers.
  • Bush supports post of national intelligence director, unclear if his version would have any power.
  • It's not enough for Ms. Streisand just to make her movies better anymore--there's a whole country out there. Mapping Hollywood's gold mine for lefties.
  • "Metrosexual" now defines E.U.'s tousled, just-got-out-of-WWII diplomacy.
  • The message of Jesus never changes; the messenger does. Sometimes he looks like me. Wonderful profile of Evangelical Christian stand-up comedian Brad Stine.
  • Benefits and history of newspapers, press in New York City.
  • Interactive "Great Day in Harlem" photo of great jazz musicians.
  • E.U. and U.S. agree to reduce farm subsidies, but a million details remain to be threshed out.
  • Know more about the beautiful tomatoes you're buying.
  • Remnick's rovers: Frere-Jones rides plane with Russell Simmons, defers to Lloyd Banks, while Alex Ross vomits on Christoph Schlingensief.
  • Prom discussion board shows prom themes never change.
  • Op-ed: With the gap widening between Europe's diplomatic hopes and Iran's nuclear ambitions, how far will Tehran go, especially if it feels threatened by the U.S.?
  • Harley Spiller, aka "Inspector Collector," shows Chinese menus, odd scissors at Queens Museum.
  • A piece of trash collected for the internet every day.
  • Leftover recipes from Steingarten's August Vogue column.