Rollercoaster
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we teach you everything you’ll need to know when you finally build that rollercoaster in your backyard.
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20 November 2003
New York's currently: feeling for the victims of fire in Greenpoint At least 15 dead, more than 300 injured in bomb attacks on the British consulate and HSBC bank headquarters in Istanbul. White House now believes a Shiite-dominated government in Iraq is good for everyone's
Quick Change Terrain
In the second installment of her letters from Scotland, our writer watches “Neighbors,” hits the Highlands, and meets the most helpful shaggy dog in Scotland.
Boris Fishman
Wild East editor Boris Fishman on the current state of literature in Eastern Europe, traits of the Russian soul, and the literary cash-currency in hookers, guns, and drugs.
Rosie’s Man Robert
It’s a big happy pleasure to welcome Robert Birnbaum to The Morning News as our newest Contributing Writer. We’ve been reading his great long interviews on Identitytheory.com for some time, and we’re now lucky enough to say he’ll be sharing some of them with us,
The Headhunter’s Trophy Case
The headhunter is up for tenure, and is more than ready to settle a few misconceptions with a stroll through his most prized pieces. A story by Tobias Seamon, with art by Joshua Allen.
Explosions in the Sky, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Austin’s Explosions in the Sky continue their foray into intricate, driving instrumental mayhem and glory with The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, their third full-length, and with a title that seems abbreviated in comparison to 2001’s extraordinary Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those
19 November 2003
New York's currently: free, not a number President Bush arrives in London. Massachusetts Supreme Court overturns ban on gay marriage. Related: Bush criticizes ruling. Related: Gay marriage now a shoe-in issue for 2004 campaigns. Northwestern University hate crime faked, police say. Shift to decentralized strategy for Al
18 November 2003
New York's currently: wishing a very happy birthday to the bird Two U.S. soldiers killed north of Baghdad, three Iraqis killed by American patrol after mistake in the capital's gun market. 25 years ago: Full story of the Jonestown mass-murder-suicide, more than 900
Anne Garrels
For many, Anne Garrels’s voice became the most trustworthy stream of information broadcast from Iraq. A frank discussion with the author and NPR Iraq correspondent, one of only 16 non-embedded journalists to remain in Baghdad for Operation Shock and Awe.