Yesterday, Microsoft said Vista would be ready for large business customers, who typically buy the company's software in multiyear licenses, in November. But the consumer rollout will be pushed back to January 2007.

Microsoft to Delay New System - New York Times

The question for the Pentagon is its proper role in shaping perceptions abroad. Particularly in a modern world connected by satellite television and the Internet, misleading information and lies could easily migrate into American news outlets, as could the perception that false information is being spread by the Pentagon.

No Breach Seen in Work in Iraq on Propaganda - New York Times

In a quick remark at a White House news conference about the reserves of political strength he earned in his 2004 re-election victory — "I'd say I'm spending that capital on the war" — Mr. Bush in effect acknowledged that until he could convince increasingly skeptical Americans that the United States was winning the war, Iraq would overshadow everything he did.

Bush Concedes Iraq War Erodes Political Status - New York Times

John Battelle, UC Berkeley alum and Wired magazine co-founder, talks about leading the peer-driven, group-driven, project-driven, passion-driven life in the real world.

UC Berkeley School of Information | About - 10Qs

VIDEO is HERE! KCRW now offers video podcasts of some of the live sessions performed by unsigned and independent artists on

KCRW Podcasting

Writing for New York and Esquire in the sixties was like playing saxophone at the cutting contests at Minton’s: You weren’t just reporting and writing, you were competing against the likes of Jimmy Breslin, Norman Mailer, Gail Sheehy, Brock Brower, Gay Talese, Terry Southern, and others. These giants were restoring strong narrative, detailed reporting, and point of view to American feature journalism.

CJR March/April 2006 - The Tripster in Wolfe's Clothing

Bodies ... The Exhibition is a presentation of 21 whole-body specimens of Chinese cadavers and myriad body parts, from pituitary glands the size of a dollhouse vase to a sad, flaccid penis displayed under glass like a dead butterfly. Currently at the Atlanta Civic Center, Bodies is a multi-city presentation that's simultaneously on view in New York City and Tampa.

Creative Loafing - Creative Loafing Atlanta: Arts: Visual Arts: Razzle-dazzle cadavers

"What are Museums for?" was the question set by the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust Award in 2005. The winner of the annual essay prize established in honour of the former Editor of The Times who died in 1985 is James Delingpole, a novelist, freelance journalist and regular contributor to this paper

The Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust Award 2005 - Comment - Times Online

"We are losing each day as an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more," said Iyad Allawi, the former interim prime minister of Iraq. "If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is."[BBC News] Donald Rumsfeld denied that Iraq was in a civil war.[CNN] The United States launched Operation Swarmer against the Iraqi insurgency. While the operation was described as the largest air assault since the beginning of the Iraq war, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were captured.

Weekly Review (Harpers.org)

For now, at least, the godfather of counter culture titles has rolled into the Chinese market. Whether it will be a one-hit wonder or a long-running superstar will be one of the more interesting stories to watch within China's increasingly crowded market for transplanted foreign titles.

Rolling Stone: A Hit in China?