5 April 2006

  • New York's currently: resolute as often as it can afford to be
  • Massachusetts takes stab at nearly universal health coverage.
  • Despite Katrina, insurance companies saw record profits last year--executives call it a fluke.
  • Emphasis on abstinence and fidelity promotion stymying government AIDS plan.
  • Hussein charged with genocide; chaos and comedy as Saddam returns to court.
  • A military history of the ace of spades, so-called "death card."
  • Former senior Sinn Fein member, and British spy, Denis Donaldson found shot dead.
  • Atlantic subscribers, see Matthew Teague's "Double Blind" for more on Donaldson.
  • 1950s CIA assassination manual.
  • The final match-up in Round Two of the ToB: Iweala vs. McEwan, judged by Adrienne Brodeur!
  • Rushdie's new introduction to Midnight's Children explains how the novel came about.
  • Number 12 show in the U.S. is number one in the world.
  • Reality-show family adviser Rabbi Shmuley Boteach explains what's wrong with American families.
  • Does Katie Couric really deserve the press coverage of a missing white woman?
  • Want to buy real estate in New York? Maybe you should work for Condo Nast.
  • Trade group Prostitutes of New York hosts tax workshop.
  • Woman's hair weave snares bullet in the Bronx.
  • Paperweight with a bullet inside explodes when teacher tries to squash a bug.
  • Maryland beats Duke 78-75 in overtime, tying second-biggest comeback in a national championship game.
  • Quadriplegic will scale Swiss mountain with aid from climber in robot suit.
  • Malcolm Gladwell on the reasons we need to get by.
  • Video: The art of motion.