Jan 29,2009
Former CIA station chief in Algeria is alleged to have drugged and raped two Muslim women
Today in the Things We Need Like a Hole in the Head department: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is looking into allegations the CIA station chief in Algeria raped...
Jan 29,2009
Lede of the day
From a CNN.com story: (CNN) — It took about 110 years and some delicate surgery on his most private parts, but Henry — a lizard-like creature from New Zealand —...
Jan 28,2009
Can you make it through this piece without dry-heaving?
Today’s contribution from the That Taxi Driva Was So Rude To Me department: The economic crisis came home to 27-year-old Megan Petrus early last year when her boyfriend of eight...
Jan 28,2009
Brandeis sells its art
Thanks a lot, Bernie Madoff: The Massachusetts attorney general’s office said on Tuesday that it planned to conduct a detailed review of Brandeis University’s surprise decision to sell off the...
Jan 28,2009
Bill Kristol, David Frum, and the battle to reclaim conservatism
A dedicated reader thinks Bill Kristol wasn’t fired. Fair enough, perhaps not; Bill had only planned to be at the New York Times for a year, though as public editor...