30 June 2004

  • New York's currently: a combo of love and labor and getting lost
  • In light of Supreme Court's granting military prisoners access to courts, U.S. may move detainees from Cuba to prisons in the states.
  • Iraq assumes legal custody of Hussein and 11 of his top aides, shows them to a judge.
  • Sudan getting away with forced starvation and ethnic cleansing campaigns, 350,000 predicted to die in nine months. And, Arab militiamen use rape as a weapon.
  • Canadian prime minister says he can govern with a minority standing.
  • Daniel Mendelsohn on Dale Peck's brawling, and hitting, Hatchet Jobs.
  • Who is the Individual Ready Reserve, and how long do they have to be all they can be?
  • Iranian U.N. guards sent home for videotaping NYC landmarks, third time in two years Iranian security men expelled for similar offense. Related: Nepalese man imprisoned in Brooklyn, long after FBI knew he was innocent.
  • U.K. buildings at risk of being demolished.
  • Catch-up: Excellent overview of Turkey's path to acceptance in the EU.
  • Away from the city? Listen to New York sounds.
  • Op: Bishops as church authorities have nothing distinctive to contribute to the abortion discussion.
  • Coudal's classic books to read this summer, including (one, two) your editors' picks.
  • Tourists, be not proud: Guide to the best gelato in Florence.
  • Karl Rove is no idiot: How the dark wizard is shoring up domestic support for the re-election campaign.
  • I don't think anybody should be quite so full of themselves. Even if they're Yeats. Excerpt from Paris Review interview with Paul Muldoon.
  • Examples of house gymnastics. E.g., the enclosed space brace.