Literary daybook, Jan. 23

The big chill

The INS runaround

Joe Conason's Journal

Ask the pilot

"So What: The Life of Miles Davis" by John Szwed

Sane yet crazy

Spy vs. spy (vs. Mom and Dad)

The Severance Kings

"Abarat" by Clive Barker

Bush's bogus "reverse racism" charge

Can Tony Blair stop the war?

Denny Hastert's wild Washington

Letters

Literary daybook, Jan. 24

Joe Conason's Journal