8 March 2002

  • Bush renews promise for $20B recovery package for NYC; politicians give near-Brokaw level praise, appear suckers.
  • 9/11 memorial, "Tribute of Light," will be lit on Monday.
  • The project responsible for the Towers of Light.
  • Ashcroft enlists local militias, covertly known as Orange Hats, to battle terrorism in suburbs.
  • Deaths increase in Gaza.
  • Cheney begins Mideast tour on Sunday: a review of the positions on an overheard-comment-turned-peace-plan.
  • Insider's guide to the soft-sell of bottled water to suckers in restaurants. [wsj: sub. req.]
  • Pentagon looks to bar non-U.S. citizens from taking variety of technology jobs.
  • 66 percent of college students need loans to cover tuition; Americans remain unconvinced higher education is great scam for suckers.
  • Manhattan's next art neighborhood
  • --first Williamsburg, then Astoria, also Harlem--appears in Yonkers, attracts suckers.
  • Maxim writer--advice on life, not oral sex--gets paid for aphorisms attributed to renowned plagiarist, Mother Teresa.
  • Detailed block-by-block review of Carmine St. in Manhattan.
  • The art of the illustrated letter. [via coudal, suckers of high esteem]
  • Origin of the phrase "sucker."