New York's currently: so-fisticated Bush plans to bring democracy to Iran, Syria – and Egypt. Related: Arabs meet Bush's statement with agreement and wariness. U.S. Army helicopter crashes near Tikrit, six die. N.Y. federal judge blocks partial-birth abortion ban for seven doctors. Number
Pets can provide companionship, protection, and in some cases, an excuse to play dress-up. Writer Todd Levin and photographer Geoffrey Badner report on dogs in Brooklyn wearing clothes.
We are decent copy editors at best, and on most occasions terrible. (I think that sentence fails a number of rules.) Late-night editing and early-morning formatting are no excuses for mistakes, but it’s often been the readers’ eyes who catch our undotted i’s or uncrossed t’
New York's currently: schooled by the red pencil Cheers for industry when policy changes mean E.P.A. will drop 50 power-plant cases, and cheers for commercial developers if Bush gets his way with the Clean Water Act. Green River Killer confesses to 48 killings, avoids death
New York's currently: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived Explosions in central Baghdad an apparent attack on U.S. compound. North Korea votes against U.N. nuclear agency, calls U.N. 'a tool of the United States.' Senate approves Bush's $87 billion for Iraq.
Conflict is an unchanging part of our society, and only seems in remission when it’s not at our own doorstep. Tobias Seamon offers a collection of vignettes about war and its constant presence in our lives.
This is the kind of music the punk-rock farmhands make when they head back to their quarters for late-night jams, tall tales, and corn whiskey. It’s slow, grinding, Depression-era rock. Tin Pan Alley with a Hammond organ. Things that shouldn’t match up, but really do.
New York's currently: really pissed when the DSL goes down Afghanistan unveils draft constitution, hoping for more attention while the world focuses on Iraq. (Draft can be read here.) Lawyers took out TV and newspaper ads recruiting clients from survivors of the Staten Island ferry crash. Senate approves
The author covers topics such as his new book, “Saul and Patsy,” Chekhov’s medical career, politics, Minnesota, and what it’s like to have your work made into film.
Love! Romance! Roller skates! Xanadu actor Michael Beck comes to town, and our writer reflects on what the movie meant to an entire generation of little girls (and boys) who wanted to be Olivia Newton-John.
