New York's currently: happily reunionized AP reports 3,240 civilian deaths in Iraq. 1932 Pulitzer for Walter Duranty under review for possible revocation. John Warner on how to write a better novel. ImClone founder sentenced to seven years in prison. Just in time for Father's Day:
New York's currently: unexpectedly side-trippin' to Hot-lanta with no web access Bloomberg injects $90.2 million in city budget to continue library and after-school activities, trash pickup, and health programs. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz claims war on Iraq was about oil.
New York's currently: handing out demerits Is the city making up for its fiscal shortcomings by issuing more tickets? Yeah, probably. Will you quit jaywalking? Yeah, probably not. Martha Stewart expected to be indicted today. New Yorkers self-medicate with a range of pharmaceuticals. Embattled Field Day festival
New York's currently: running errands Good Time summary of the White House intelligence scandal, despite sunny yet dead-wrong conclusion. Film producer admits he killed writer-director, kept head in his fridge, blames 9/11 and the Taliban. One man leaves a Picasso on the subway. Another man
New York's currently: all bachelor-ed out The World Bank on aid effectiveness, and The Bretton Woods Project on the World Bank. Lincoln Center loses the Phil to Carnegie Hall. Actually that would be .ORG... Memo to the Wachowskis, by Philip Graham, as originally published on TMN. Quotes
New York's currently: preparing for bachelor-sized feats of strength Rumsfeld meets resistance to efforts to make regime change in Iran official White House policy. Pentagon advocating massive covert action to topple Iran's ayatollahs. Related: Online resources for Iranian history, culture. Despite overwhelming support for change,
New York's currently: woo-boy, off to a good start Bush shelves Treasury study that shows U.S. faces federal deficits totaling at least 44,200 billion. Because Americans don't care, Rumsfeld: Iraq's chemical and biological weapons may have been destroyed before the war.
New York's currently: a fucking moor Uproar over Sharon's 'occupation' of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. China hands out baggies to battle spitting in the war against SARS. Organ trafficking suspected in rape and murder of at least 90 women in Mexico. New
New York's currently: extending its vacation a bit Bryant Park to open outdoor lending library next month. Two weeks after being declared free of SARS, Toronto fights new outbreak. U.N. looks for aid in Congo, with three million dead in four years of war. Related: Philip Gourevitch
New York's currently: never met anyone quite like you before Congo's Pygmies complain of being eaten by government and rebel fighters. Herbert Muschamp on Central Park's verdancy this year, just in time for the 150th anniversary. Related: Central Park statues explained. 18-year-old
