‘Listen, I gave you a twenty!’ The clerk takes a step backwards. ‘No, you didn’t. You gave me a ten. This is it right here.’ ‘No, you switched it out. You took my twenty, and now you’re showing me a ten!’ the guy shot back. ‘You pocketed it!
New York's currently: spring and summer cleaning American and Iraqi forces raid former favorite and WMD accuser Ahmad Chalabi's Baghdad HQ in investigation of employee wrongdoing and possible espionage with Iran. The rising and falling political life of Ahmad Chalabi. Survivors of strike that left 40
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we show how to turn online friendship into internet love, and expose the truth behind Andy Kaufman's return.
New York's currently: freaked as hell to pick up a newspaper Giuliani plays softball with Sept. 11 commission (or, other way around) during second day of New School hearings. 40 Iraqi civilians killed near Syrian border by U.S. troops gunning for smugglers, battles with Sadr's
There are many adventures to be found off the beaten path, and some may involve minstrels. Former Peace Corps volunteer and sometime hero Matthew Baldwin recalls a day-long hike in Bolivia.
If your guests are walking all over you, it may be that you look suspiciously like a doormat.
New York's currently: a sky of silver linings In response to reports of abuse at Abu Ghraib late last year, the Army tried to curtail Red Cross spot-visits to the prison. At court martial, U.S. soldier pleads guilty to abuse charge. Looking toward reelection, the Bush
The other day I snapped. I had received a forwarded email that began: ‘Facts About Social Security. Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, …’ I should have hit the ‘delete’ button right then. Any letter that [felt it needed to identify] FDR as a Democrat was either written for fools or extremely partisan,
The winner of last week’s Marshall Sokoloff/Jewelboxing ‘Salt’ contest is Bill Beardslee of Washington, D.C. Thanks again to our sponsors at Jewelboxing and Marshall Sokoloff for making this happen. (And, for the curious who didn’t win, Marshall’s prints are for sale.)
New York's currently: knock knock; who's there?; to; to who?; to whom, sucker Hundreds of same-sex couples marry in Massachusetts. Hersh: Rumsfeld's and Cambone's anti-terror black-op ran interrogations at Abu Ghraib to shame Arabs into informing. Doctors flout insurers&
