The International Herald Tribune reports that under pressure from the US and India, Pakistan has arrested Maulana Masood Azhar, the leader of the Jaish-e-Muhammed organization, blamed by Indian officials for a recent attack on the Parliament. Mr. Azhar formed Jaish-e-Muhammed after he and two others were released from an Indian prison in exchange for 155 passengers of an Indian Airlines plane that was hijacked to Kandahar in December, 1999. Indian

Okay. Just lucked back on to Blogger — the “forget password?” feature kept insisting it would send me an email letting me know what my password was, but no such luck from that end. So I cursed a lot (not much help, it turns out), then I just started typing random words into the “password” box. And voila! A direct hit! I’ve since changed my password again, so I guess

Okay. Just lucked back on to Blogger — the “forget password?” feature kept insisting it would send me an email letting me know what my password was, but no such luck from that end. So I cursed a lot (not much help, it turns out), then I just started typing random words into the “password” box. And voila! A direct hit! I’ve since changed my password again, so I guess

My wife’s the coolest. Somehow she managed to find me a North Valley League Bears baseball jersey (c. 1976 — a second place finish for the Bears that year), complete with a hand-stitched “Chico’s Bail Bonds” sponsor patch on the back and a small, pale-blue Bear patch on the left sleeve. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about — shame on you! Really! I mean, for

My wife’s the coolest. Somehow she managed to find me a North Valley League Bears baseball jersey (c. 1976 — a second place finish for the Bears that year), complete with a hand-stitched “Chico’s Bail Bonds” sponsor patch on the back and a small, pale-blue Bear patch on the left sleeve. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about — shame on you! Really! I mean, for

from US News & World Report (12/24): “A House panel recently approved a GOP-backed measure to allow U.S. Customs agents to “stop and search” all mail destined for foreign ports without search warrants. The U.S. Postal Service and civil libertarians charge it violates privacy. The House is on board; the Senate is iffy”.

from US News & World Report (12/24): “A House panel recently approved a GOP-backed measure to allow U.S. Customs agents to “stop and search” all mail destined for foreign ports without search warrants. The U.S. Postal Service and civil libertarians charge it violates privacy. The House is on board; the Senate is iffy”.

Lawrence Kaplan has an interesting piece in The New Republic on how the Saudis lobby Dubya. A teaser: During his first months in office…W. defied expectations. Far from pressing the Israelis, the president enshrined in official policy his campaign pledge of unconditional support for Israel — a stance not particularly well received by Saudi Arabia’s potentates. As a result, Crown Prince Abdullah still has yet to accept a standing invitation

P.J. O’Rourke, from “Squishier Than Thou: Demonstrating against reality in London and Washington,” in December’s Atlantic Monthly: Another speaker came to the podium and said, ‘Let us bomb the world with housing.’ One of those McMansions with the lawyer foyer and the cathedral-ceilinged great room could do real damage. …”Bomb the world with housing”…uh-huh. This is the same kind of feckless bumper-sticker thinking that Wendy Malick (“Just Shoot Me,” “Dream

P.J. O’Rourke, from “Squishier Than Thou: Demonstrating against reality in London and Washington,” in December’s Atlantic Monthly: Another speaker came to the podium and said, ‘Let us bomb the world with housing.’ One of those McMansions with the lawyer foyer and the cathedral-ceilinged great room could do real damage. …”Bomb the world with housing”…uh-huh. This is the same kind of feckless bumper-sticker thinking that Wendy Malick (“Just Shoot Me,” “Dream