New York’s currently: dreary-looking, skunky-feeling

 Seven U.S. soldiers reprimanded in connection with abuses at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison.

 Hersh’s must-read lists tortures in Abu Ghraib (including photos), stares up the chain of command for culpability.

 Sharon defiant after Likud rejects his plan to withdraw soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip.

 Excerpts from the Army’s report on abuses in U.S. military prisons, completed in February. Related: Abuse in jails as described by Iraqis, also, journal from Ivan ‘Chip’ Frederick.

 Updates in Iraq: American hostage escapes, nine soldiers die.

 America’s intelligence community is a mess, though it’s also structured as an ideal corporation.

 Another way to look at it: The U.S. has probably gone too easy on most arrested Iraqis.

 Studying future leaders by their ands, ifs, and buts.

 Maxim publisher wants to restore old virtues to modern poetry.

 Audio: Dr. Who’s Tom Baker receives a strange telephone call…

 Ruling Saudi crown prince blames ‘Zionists’ for recent terrorist attacks in the kingdom. [ via slate ]

 Fan mail sent to ex-Blue’s Clues host, now rocker.

 Gingrich and Patrick Kennedy: Our medical talent, tech, and facilities are the best, but the system is swamping our care.

 Detailed report on Walt Whitman’s life, including his death on a gondola at Disneyland.

 Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries.

 TMN’s Choire and Paulie to speak tonight.

 Greenland morality was beginning to disgust me. Details from the strangest travel book ever written, An African in Greenland.

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