NYT
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The Importance of Clean Underwear
The surreal Saddam Hussein trial is prime real estate for the careful & wry reporting of John F. Burns. He has a way of presenting facts in the most Alice in Wonderland way. Here’s his take (written with Robert F. Worth) on what happened at the end of the day yesterday in a building near…
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Annotating Judith Miller
The first definitive story from the New York Times on the Judith Miller/ Valerie Plame/ Scooter Libby situation is the perfect illustration of Annotated New York Times. Being such an NYT freak, I thought I would constantly be reading it all of the time, but I almost never look at it. Briefly, the Annotated NYT…
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Here’s to Hoping
I am praying for the 20,000+ dead in the earthquake affecting Pakistan et al. And sending out a special prayer that Osama Bin Laden was one of them.
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Lists
Two stories in today’s NYT struck me: Weeks Later, Most Storm Victims Lie UnnamedOur neurotic national desire to fix names to the dead does not extend to the Katrina dead. Bosnian Serb Panel Links 17,000 to Roles in Srebrenica MassacreFinally, accountability comes to Serbia. Lastly,Volgare ProclamationHere’s my take on the years-long lack of a list…
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The Opening of the NYT Archives
So I just learned this week that, as a subscriber of the New York Times, I will be able to download up to 100 articles per month from the NYT Archive. For free. Here’s a good summary of what it means from Paid Content. As usual in the online world, there’s a world of whining…