5 October 2004

New York's currently: 500 years away from a bionic lovebot

Four car bombs, two in Baghdad, leave 20 dead, 113 wounded in Iraq.

Paul Bremer says U.S. never deployed enough troops to Iraq and didn't do enough to contain public violence.

Race for the White House is making vandals more active than ever, but experts predict the highest voter turnout in 30 years.

As orchestra pits shrink, musicians are sent to perform, chat in side rooms.

Rumsfeld quoted as saying he sees no connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, then issues statement saying that's not what he meant.

Man, there is a huge scam going on here! These contractors are doing everything you can think of from security to catering lunch! Letters from soldiers to Michael Moore.

The Beyond the Valley of the Dolls tarot deck.

Private space exploration now a reality with SpaceShipOne flight, predicts bad things for "that other space agency." And: Hoping to keep the momentum, competition for civilian spacecraft to continue annually.

To know Dick Avedon was to know the sun. Gopnik eulogizes Richard Avedon. (A gallery of Avedon's New Yorker photographs.)

Tonight's vice-presidential debate takes on a new significance, as Cheney must try to make up for lost ground. Also: Why nobody thinks vice-presidential debates matter, why the one in 1980 was cancelled, and why people thought Dole lost it for Ford.

Profiles of Cheney as shadowy puppetmaster and Edwards as hard-working, self-made man. Prediction: The debate will be like that one episode of Buffy.

EU reference map fouls up and replaces Wales with the Irish Sea.

Iran boasts missile with 1,250-mile range.

Let Choire Sicha guide you to what's arty and what's not this week in New York.

Create your own George W. Bush stump speech.

Photos from the Terminal Five exhibit at JFK Airport.

Republican Springsteen fans feel disenfranchised.