9 April 2002

New York is currently: searching for synonyms for stressed

 Powell's mideast visit starts on bad note when Moroccan King asks why he's making pit-stops on way to Jerusalem.

 Assassination attempt in Iraq raises concern that Saddam may strike first.

 Colorado bookstore not required to divulge records of customers' buying habits, even drug makers, says court.

 Pulitzers award Sept. 11 coverage with the New York Times winning seven; Richard Russo wins fiction prize, delivers blow to Franzen's pill-popping Midwesterners with pot-smoking New Englanders from Empire Falls.

 A good, old interview with Russo, haunted by teaching history at Colby College.

 Russo's collected articles and reviews at the Times.

 Washington Post wins Pulitzer for investigative reporting: "The District's Lost Children."

 Visa starts nightmarish project, allowing tenants to charge their monthly bills.

 Couric makes lunge for credibility with Today Show book club.

 Columbia professor finds trouble in advertising for the Lotto.

 Ghesquiere makes copy of unknown designer Wong's vest, gets caught, shamed, industry shrugs shoulders; Barneys fashion director, shocked by similarity in vests, claims savvy-ness as principal aptitude of high-fashion shoppers; Couture shopper Dodie Rosecrans remembers ripped-off designer fondly; Prior item mentioned for hilarious name.

 ArtKrush relaunches as the art magazine online; we agree.

Aside: Don't you hate it when men wear good shoes with bad pants? Attention dot-drones, investment bankers, and middle-managers of the world: Your khakis are being collected out front for cremation. Please donate all pairs save one, which you may keep for lunch with your grandparents. Camper shoes will also be accepted. That is all.