New York's currently: breeding carrier pigeons, learning smoke signals Bush defends vast domestic telephone-record surveillance; says it's lawful, doesn't mention under what laws. "Considerable circumstantial evidence" now links al Qaeda to the July 7 London bombings. In foiled Australian threat, terrorists
New York's currently: serving in the rain NSA building "world's largest database" to contain every call ever made within the U.S. Skinny physicians in love evangelize thinning America. A.M. Rosenthal dies at 84. George Lutz dies at 59. The U.S. is
Author and 2005 Rooster winner David Mitchell talks about his new novel, “Black Swan Green,” the appeal of Bill Evans, and the differences between sex and writing.
New York's currently: stuck somewhere between 20 and 30 percent gray Republicans in Congress negotiate five-year, $70 billion tax break; see the chart to find out how much you get. Is support for this regime in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ (PBUH) or Moses (PBUH)
Producing music from printers, hacking Speak ’n’ Spells for backing vocals—it’s not trendy garage band style, but then, it’s not exactly rock and roll. A look into the engrossing world of circuit bending.
We don’t yet know whether the avian flu will become a pandemic. So why are we preparing for a plague instead of fighting the virus where it currently rages—in the animal kingdom? Conflicting reports and strategies still march on, but time may be running out.
New York's currently: having the longest real spring in recent years White House calls Iranian president's letter a ploy. See also, when to lob. Moussaoui would like to retract his guilty plea because now, he says, he understands he can get a fair trial in America.
Whatever Kaavya Viswanathan’s legacy, she has inspired us to take pleasure in others’ misfortune. And as there happens to be a word that means just that—schadenfreude—many writers have been more than happy to remind us of it.
New York's currently: through fields of cattle, through fields of cane Amid intense G.O.P. criticism, White House nominates Gen. Michael Hayden for CIA director role. Over the weekend in Baghdad, 43 bodies were found, each shot at close range; series of car bombs kills 14. White
New York's currently: cinco de everything Senate passes $109 billion emergency spending bill for wars, hurricanes, and Rhode Island. Largest Darfur rebel group agrees to peace deal--two smaller groups are unhappy with the terms, however. Building costs for WTC memorial steaming toward $1 billion--will planning begin
