Video Digest: August 25, 2006
Shakespeare on a lark: “Macbeth” from down under and Orson Welles in Haiti; Floyd Lloyd Rocks!; Kung Fu baby makes Sarah laugh; adorable bunnies chow down.
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25 August 2006
New York's currently: finishing the summer of George FDA approves access to morning-after pill for women over 18. France promises 2,000 troops for U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon; other European countries will likely follow. The State Department wants to know if Israel used American cluster
Toronto
Toronto’s new mayor has prompted a revival of civic spirit, including a push to celebrate the city’s public spaces. But what if your experiences in its parks are memorable for all the wrong reasons?
24 August 2006
New York's currently: running out of things not to be angry about Only in Africa are ranks of child workers growing; nearly a third of Kenyan coffee pickers are children. White House and Vatican not impressed by new stem cell technique that doesn't destroy human embryos.
Mp3 Digest: August 23, 2006
Every Christmas morning, my mother would construct elaborate treasure hunts—one for me and one for my brother. We’d get a riddle whose solution would lead us to another spot in the house (or when she got elaborate, the subdivision), where we’d find an envelope that contained another
Sebastian Junger
Reporting a civil war in Africa sounds tough, but try investigating a 40-year-old crime in America’s quietest suburb. A chat with journalist Sebastian Junger about his new book on the Boston Strangler.
23 August 2006
New York's currently: wildly idle Iran delivers 21-page response to the West's nuclear proposal--but no promise to suspend uranium enrichment. What Iran does offer is a new solution, which requires new talks; the White House says it will move ahead with sanctions unless the
Shades of Gray
Dear TMN, Today’s “Not an Open Letter” by Elizabeth Kiem speaks for so many of us who understand how the world works in shades of gray. I was sad and disappointed to learn about Grass’s secret when I first read about it. It was the same knee-jerk
22 August 2006
New York's currently: recalling earlier summers Announcing the big international happy surprise, Iran lifts middle finger to West's nuclear conditions. George Saunders helps the Iranian president improve his English. The loudest noise at his news conference was the sound of mission creep. If you think Democrats
Not an Open Letter
The self-made jury has handed down its decision: For his previous life in the Waffen SS, Günter Grass—and his work—should receive the maximum penalty.