You know, I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but the fact that this apparently came to Libby through Cheney provides Dubya with a convenient method for dumping the Veep should he decide to do so. "I never authorized this leak. The Vice President was exceeding his authority, and I said I would punish anybody involved... So don't let the door hit you on the way out, Cheney."

Jimmycarl--it's not a matter of Bush firing Cheney; it's a matter of political cover for Cheney to leave in a way that makes Bush look strong and provides an opportunity for somebody who has aspirations in 2008 to take the office of the Vice Presidency.

Cheney would be taking one for the team in this scenario.

Regardless of whether all of the "positive" reviews were glowingly positive, and regardless of whether a 60%+ Tomatometer rating is indicative of a good movie, it's clearly inaccurate to say the film received "mostly lousy reviews."

... those eight people are wishing they could somehow get their five minutes back.

... wouldn't it first have to be funny at all?

Giuliani has never been a social conservative, to the best of my knowledge, and it's important to distinguish the social conservatives like Sam Brownback and George Bush from the far more permissive social moderates like Rudy Giuliani.

It's a shame that Giuliani has associated himself the party that has institutionalized approval of anti-woman, anti-gay platform planks, but the Republicans' nomination of a social moderate like Giuliani would be good news, not bad news.

No, no, no, Alan. We don't mock you because you're on Fox News. We mock you because you're a spineless twerp with a face made for radio whose sole purpose in life seems to be serving as a punching bag for Sean Hannity.

In a narrow, technical sense, he's right--about me, at least.

I'm not against the war per se; I'm against the fact that we went in without a plan, without an alliance, and without a clue, and are now losing. I don't think a majority of people would say that if we could have gone in; cleaned out Saddam Hussein and his government; installed a stable, democratic, and relatively liberal Iraqi government; and gotten out in a year or so, it wouldn't have been a worthwhile exercise.

So, in that sense, I'm against losing the war rather than against the war itself.

Unfortunately for him and his Republican colleagues in government, I also don't believe the President has any idea how to get from the current quagmire to the grand democratic Iraq he claimed was just around the corner once we marched into Baghdad. Given that, I would have to say that I oppose the war at this point.

... only in the deep South could it be called subtle.

It hasn't been 30 years since the Macintosh was introduced.

All valid reasons not to buy an iPhone, except:

I don't want to hear the clicks and grinds of a failing hard drive in my super expensive phone.

The iPhone doesn't have a hard drive. It has solid-state flash memory, which will fail without a sound.

And you forgot the most important reason not to buy an iPhone on Friday: Apple hardware, while awesome, is almost always considerably less awesome in its first generation. I'll be grinding my teeth in jealousy at all the people who buy this first-gen iPhone, but I'll hold out six months or a year until they get the inital kinks worked out.

Sorry, Salon. I've been a loyal reader and subscriber for a few years now, but Camille Paglia and the various "blogs" you've replaced your formerly good content with just plain suck. I didn't renew when this year's subscription time came around, and I'm seeing no compelling reason to renew now, either.

When Sidney Blumenthal is the best thing your magazine has going for it, you're in trouble.

I was just thinking we didn't have enough straw-flavored bogeymen. OOH! THE NASTY MEXICANADIANS ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR CULTURE!

Gimme a break. This has no chance of happening in my lifetime, and probably not in my kids' or theirs, either. I'm sorry Corsi is regretting his role in re-electing President Disaster; giving him airtime to talk about his new wingnut conspiracy theories just further legitimizes somebody who ought to have been relegated to well-deserved obscurity after his regrettable interference in the '04 elections.

This isn't an article worth writing, much less worth putting on the front page. Salon, seriously, how about some decent content?

... as I don't really have time to read through all ten pages of letters.

But I think the additional scrutiny of Bonds as opposed to the other players who may or may not be using performance-enhancing drugs in the league right now is a fully warranted response to the uniqueness of this record.

This is a record that requires extraordinary production over a long career, and it's been one of the most hallowed records in sports due, in large part, to its difficulty. Numbers aside, Bonds' achievement isn't comparable to Aaron's, any more than a car-racing speed record during a restrictor-plate race would be comparable to a speed record without a restrictor plate.

The use of steroids had more effect on players' power than any of the various "eras" of modern ball, and, as such, players who used steroids ought at the very least to have asterisks next to their records in the record book.

I use Apple products daily, and I love 'em. I've owned two iPods. I currently own two Macintoshes. I promise I'm as excited about the new iPods as anyone.

But this is NOT a lead article. The improvements are nice but incremental; there is nothing revolutionary or even particularly unexpected here.

"Words and more words -- what's new?"

An apt description of a Paglia column if ever I've seen one.

Brent Bozell's just jealous. He can't find anybody at all who wants to get in bed with him.