New York’s currently: a rainy dog

 Escalation of attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, with key areas of the country controlled by increasingly sophisticated rebels.

 Do 330 dead show Putin’s policies in Chechnya to have have failed, or do Westerners not understand how things are done in Russia?

 Google explains how to become a New York socialite.

 Vice President Cheney: Vote for the opposition, and you will die.

 Military records show President didn’t fulfill military service.

 Even when we don’t agree, you know what I believe and where I stand. Philip Gourevitch on Bush’s message and how it’s delivered to connect, even when the President is saying nothing.

 Video: Americans practice throwing molotov cocktails in a Seattle parking lot.

 1,000th U.S. soldier killed in Iraq.

 Remnick on Al Gore living in Nashville, with the heartbreak of a lifetime (including music by Gore’s neighbor).

 Christ-centered short films.

 There’s no abstract human who will always behave in the same way—except in economics. Philip Pullman on being a fiction artist who loves science.

 U.S. hid detainees in Afghanistan from Red Cross for months.

 I’m giddy, I’m like a child, like a butterfly, like a land mine. The diary entries of a President in love with John Kerry.

 Blogs: Supermarket employee; Cop.

 Court rules musicians should pay for every sample included in a recording.

 50 essential tracks from the 20th century.

 Thank you to yesterday’s TMN supporter who supports Brooklyn-based publishing!