New York's currently: eight out of ten working toes Targeting Shiites, a barrage of suicide bombings yesterday leave nearly 150 dead--additional attacks this morning kill 31. Citing higher fuel costs, Delta and Northwest file for Chapter 11. With four of the nation's top ten airlines
Peanut butter, banana, and honey. What could possibly flatter this tercet of deliciousness? I’ll tell you: pork fat. In a peanut butter, banana, honey, and bacon sandwich, your taste buds begin with the sweet, kind crunch of peanut butter and conclude with the savory, ineffable joy of bacon. After
Even in the face of disaster, life finds a way. But how long can we afford to flout forces beyond our control and live on unsteady ground? And what are we willing to pay? Our writer sends a dispatch from New Orleans.
New York's currently: four hours of sleep strong More than 80 killed, 227 injured in Baghdad this morning. Iran continues diplomatic press to avoid Security Council over "peaceful" nuke technology (but no one knows!). Delta and Northwest may file for bankruptcy today. Ferrer snags most votes
Kim Stanley Robinson writes good, didactic, socially conscious hard science fiction. He’s best known for his Mars trilogy and The Years of Rice and Salt, which imagined what would have happened if Europe hadn’t come out of the plague. Forty Signs of Rain, just out in paperback, is
New York's currently: none too pleased the sunlight is disappearing Forty-five bodies found in a New Orleans hospital, though corpses are harder to come by than anticipated. The levee damage in New Orleans is much worse than we thought, say Army engineers. In Guantanamo, 128 detainees now
Battered and bullied in the press room, morning, noon, and night. What’s a normal, average press secretary to do when he just wants to spend some quality time with his wife? As it turns out, things aren’t much better there.
I will forever remember The Like as the band that rocked so hard it made me stop caring about Liz Phair’s downturn. Their new album, Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?, has swooping, ethereal vocals, guitars that crash and swirl, and bass lines that make your ear go
New York's currently: four years older and wondering what's improved Israel leaves Gaza after 38 years; Palestinians joyfully flood into empty settlements and torch synagogues. American and Iraqi forces find many insurgents fled Tal Afar. New Orleans doctors killed critically ill patients they believed wouldn'
It’s Elisabeth Eckleman’s first year of college, and she has a lot of tough choices to make. In this installment, Elisabeth lies to protect Raj, then tries to determine who told the professor about their extracurricular activities in the first place. You decide what happens next.
