[Elizabeth Wurtzel responds: “Treacher’s a funny word, too, if you think about it. Like ‘Marvin’ or ‘fractious.’ ….Or ‘hoodwinked.’ “…Say, you gonna’ finish that soft pretzel…? Lizzy likes salty dough…”]

The return of AP is reporting. Expect the predictable trotting out for the international press of this “martyr’s” proud and stoic mother, followed by a funeral procession for the “heroine” through the streets of the “occupied territory” (once the bulk of her pieces can be scraped together and boxed up, that is).

Sgt. Stryker comments on civil service employees demanding a pay raise commensurate with the proposed military pay hike: It amazes me that these are the same people who take weeks to process a friggin form and whose glacial movement ought to be a tourist attraction. Scientists should be taking core samples of their offices for clues into climate change. But sound off that pay alarm, and they spring into action

In today’s “Impromptus” column, NRO’s Jay Nordlinger critiques this New Republic cartoon (follow the link and scroll down) — as well as the cartoonist himself, Tom Toles: Okay, here

Never let it be said that protein wisdom’s forgotten its

“Immersed in a nationwide battle against an outbreak of dengue fever, President Fidel Castro revived on Monday an old

Helga and Eva, twin 24-year old Austrian fashion designers, have hit upon the perfect fashion idea at just the right (uh, left?) time:

“A Florida technology company is poised to ask the government for permission to market a first-ever computer ID chip that could be embedded

This PETA

Just popped over to the Weekly Standard online to enjoy my daily helping of thoughtful conservative punditry — only to find Matt LaBash on