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It had to happen at some point. There’s clearly a need for a New Message from the Bush administration, or at least a fine-tuning of an old one - the war isn’t playing well across the country, so why not use the cover of a gigantic and destrcutive hurricane to try out a new […]

It was a rip-snorter of a good time in Chicago last week. As it turns out, Peter Sagal has an extremely difficult job. Not easy. It was easy for me, though, and Peter might be well advised to mimic the way I sort of, um, streamlined his job.
It’s an awesome, high-tech […]

There isn’t one yet. At least not one that we’re involved in. But it’s worth thinking about. I’ve been looking it over…
Iraq isn’t really working out as we’d planned (though “planned” might be too strong a word). It’s messy. It’s a little embarrassing when other countries come to visit, like […]

Ooh, it’s pretty up here on the Navy Pier.
As I’ve said, Im guest-hosting “Wait Wait” this week, which somewhat limits my ability to wax funny in a topical way. I don’t want to give away the show’s content, after all. What if Mo or Paula or Charlie are reading? There could be […]

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday said the development of an Iraqi constitution would be a landmark event both for that country and for the Middle East and said he believed the final document would reflect Iraqi values…
…Iraq’s ruling Shi’ite Islamists are preparing to force a constitution through parliament before […]

Some of you have been asking why I haven’t posted anything about Cindy Sheehan. After all, everybody else is doing it - don’t I wanna be cool and fit in? Come on, you say, try it just once. One time won’t kill you…
Oh, okay. Just once. I’ll at least explain […]

I’ll be ascending to Boulder in an hour or so, returning to the scene of the crime. We did the show in Boulder a couple of years ago and they’ve apparently forgotten all about it, because they’re having us back. Hopefully the Statute of Limitiations has cleared my good name.
I’ll be rooming […]

From Canada.com:

Complicating the army’s mission, some 5,000 pullout opponents from outside Gaza have arrived in the coastal area in recent weeks, and they are vowing to resist… But many Orthodox Jews believe Gaza is part of the biblical land promised to the Jews.
From The New Zealand Herald:
“A lot of blood was spilled on this […]

I just returned from Chicago (a funny one this week, I do believe), received some snazzy new toys via FedEx, and was unexpectedly given tickets to see Tony Bennett tonight at the Hollywood Bowl. So… their won’t be much blogification today. Talk amongst yourselves.
One note: Peter Sagal will be going on vacation […]

Nearly four years, several investigations and realignments, and one in-the-books blue ribbon investigatory panel later, it seems that we may have known all about Mohammed Atta and three other 9/11 conspirators a full year before the event.
Presumably, Congressman Weldon was having a beer with one of the members of the “Able Danger” team last week […]