Claudia Brown
Fashion plate and all around artist Claudia Brown answers the five questions, liking Haruki Murkami and Thomas Friedman.
Archive
A collection of 14237 issues
16 November 2001
Federal government will hire and manage 28,000 screeners for U.S. airports.Bush continues exploration of Putin's soul, finds no progress on missile defense program.Warlords take control in Afghanistan's power vacuums.In reverse of policy, White House decides to keep smallpox around until new
Wad
I curse, you curse, we all curse. But for the imaginative cursers out there, we offer you The Alternative Dictionaries. It’s for those special occasions when you need to know that ‘yeb vas’ means ‘fuck off’ in Russian, or that ‘da'ma'k’ means ‘asshole’ in Azerbaijani.
15 November 2001
Nuclear plans for fission device found in bin Laden safe house.Special forces comb Afghanistan for traces of bin Laden, with no gains in tracking him down.Blair uses video as proof of bin Laden's guilt; U.S. still hasn't released evidence condemning bin Laden.October
Bedhead, Transaction de Novo
At one point I was a fanatic for the lazy, droning sounds of Bedhead, and I went to every show they played. Then one time I saw them and decided that either they were the most boring, pathetic band imaginable or I’d just gotten a whole lot more exciting
14 November 2001
Taliban leaves Kabul, either in flight or tactical retreat. Bush signs order to personally select terrorists to be tried in military tribunals. Bush and Putin agree to reduce nuclear warhead stockpiles. Though it's unclear how many warheads will be stored versus destroyed, the dismantling process requires a screwdriver,
13 November 2001
Pakistan warns of lawless bloodbath as Taliban deserts Kabul.As Taliban leave, men shave, light up, and watch Titanic.No evidence of terrorism in crash of American Airlines Flight 587.U.S. agents were told to back off from investigating the bin Ladens before September 11.Stimulus package proves to
12 November 2001
American Airlines flight 587 crashed in Queens.If Florida recount had gone as prescribed, Bush would have won; if all disputed ballots were counted, Gore would most likely be President.Three foreign journalists killed by Taliban.European authorities uncover evidence of planned chemical attacks by North African terrorist groups.China
A Fig for Thee, O Terror
The reason Mayor Giuliani sounded more effective than GW Bush was a simple matter of doing vs. planning. You trust a man who’s talking about lifting that brick right now and don’t ask about tomorrow yet. When work needs to be done, there isn’t time for fretting
Sabrina H. Eldredge
The five questions with the online diarist and illustrator behind Pocketpig.