31 May 2002

  • New York's currently: wishing you the best of weekends
  • Silent ceremony for ground zero.
  • Senegal beats France in first World Cup match.
  • Terrorism feared at World Cup: details on South Korea's security.
  • If only this was the most dangerous headline in the news: Gun-toting Russian wins Miss Universe.
  • Californians, stuck in off-shore drilling battle with White House and angry over yesterday's political decision to preserve Florida's shores, ask why their beaches aren't worth as much.
  • Bush dispatches Rumsfeld to India and Pakistan, has tough language for Musharraf.
  • Lawsuits brought against FBI say agents were covering for Boston mobsters.
  • FBI's commitment to damage control alleged to be fatal flaw.
  • Surreal 'FBI for Kids!' website.
  • 'Our leaders, seemingly, have abandoned the first and oldest principle of leadership--don't panic the troops and always lead from the front': Adam Gopnik gets very close to describing New York's current anxiety in comments on David Blaine's pole-standing.
  • Inspiration for paternity: Henry's Diary closed, archives still available.
  • Old but great article by Charles Bowden on the presidential painter Ike Edward Morgan (read, if you can, Bowden's fantastic article in this month's Harper's).
  • The Brick Apple: New York City, rendered in Lego.
  • overheard conversation: man on cell phone.
  • 'Hey. Yo, I just wanna smooch. All this bomb talk between India and Pakistan, it's got me aroused.'