Jock Party
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we fashion a taxonomy of American athletes to help a reader get in touch with his jock-dom.
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A collection of 14235 issues
17 May 2007: Afternoon
Wolfowitz begins to negotiate his World Bank leave-taking, though he is adamant about departing with a clean record. Source close to Justice inquiry says Gonzales had 14 more attorneys walking the plank. With over two million war widows in Afghanistan, Kabul is the "widows' capital of the
Misery Loves Comedy
Grief takes on many forms, though it’s rare to hear about a sudden addiction to comedy clubs and Seth Meyers’s political impersonations.
17 May 2007: Morning
Government-financed study finds sarin nerve gas exposure may have caused lasting brain deficits in many Gulf War soldiers. Anti-war Senators fail to cut funds. Military says it's holding people "directly linked" to the presumably captured soldiers; as usual, scores of deaths reported in Iraq.
16 May 2007: Afternoon
Latest wave of Baghdad violence kills 41 Iraqis; 37 separate missions launched to rescue kidnapped American soldiers. Martin Luther King's oldest daughter--an actor and an activist--is dead at age 51. Now Wolfowitz is getting really peeved. Research physicists set out to create shank-proof toothbrushes for
16 May 2007: Morning
In 2004 Alberto Gonzales visited the then-ill, disoriented Ashcroft's hospital bedside to coerce him into renewing the illegal wiretapping program. Op: That Mr. Gonzales is now in charge of the department he tried to steamroll may be most disturbing of all. Gonzales can't stop chugging,
15 May 2007: Afternoon
Suicide bomber kills himself and 25 others in Pakistani restaurant with anti-Taliban ties. (See the Washington Post's slideshow.) At least 13 killed by Hamas-Fatah fighting in Gaza. Rev. Jerry Falwell dead at 73 from heart attack. U.S.-Iranian dual-national director of the Woodrow Wilson
15 May 2007: Morning
IAEA says Iran has begun enriching uranium on a much bigger scale than before. For a last hurrah, Blair would like to convince Bush to join an international pact to fight global warming. Bush calls for cuts in vehicle emissions; critics want reductions, not stalling. Say what you will about
The Top 10 Albums of 1982
Ten favorite albums from the year the ‘80s really began.
14 May 2007: Afternoon
Russia's rhetorical hostility towards America is reaching levels unseen since the Cold War ended. Sec. of State's Moscow visit comes at a good time. DaimlerChrysler back to plain old Daimler and Chrysler. Mr. Clinton peeps out from backstage. Texans argue over Bush's contribution to