6 July 2004

  • New York's currently: hot for Johnny Edwards
  • Early: Kerry picks Edwards (though that doesn't stop the NY Post from picking Gephardt on front page). Note: Post image pulled from site.
  • Tensions as American soldiers watch independent Iraqi security forces express sympathies for U.S.'s enemies.
  • Former general Yadhoyono finishes first for president in Indonesia, but fails to win majority, will face runoff in September.
  • Must-read account of how the Iraqi National Congress led the American press to war.
  • "Passion Parties" bring vibrators and sex powders into Bible Belt living rooms.
  • 1957 Capote profile of Marlon Brando that cracked the mask.
  • Krzyzewski turns down Lakers, and Kobe's personal plea, to retire at Duke.
  • Video: Difficulties in filming Winnebago commercial.
  • Cheney fires doctor who assured the world he was fit for office, after discovering doctor likes his own meds too much.
  • Op-Ed: Italians laugh their skinny asses at Americans going low-carb. Related: Wanna cook French sauce? First examine the matrix.
  • With the upcoming Republican convention in mind, Pat Buchanan looks back on agitating at the 1968 Dems con for Nixon with William Safire and Rumsfeld.
  • New Israeli nuke site offers little light on strategically ambiguous program as U.N. presses Israel to make the Middle East nuke-free.
  • Video: The Cure's excellent "The End of the World."
  • Profile of Robert Shrum, Kerry's message maker.
  • He was a gentle fish and always there to greet me when I came home. Man writes touching obituaries for goldfish he's owned.