He speaks neither Arabic nor Farsi. His pre-war book, The Threatening Storm, is a joke, and he's been trying to cover his butt since about six months into the occupation. See The Atlantic Monthly for January/February 2004,"Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong" to read his lame excuses for getting pretty much everything wrong.

Oh, and Bush's War ain't nuthin' like Vietnam, nooooo.

-- Garry Owen

It's Afghanistan all over again. Except that it's not 1982 and it's the American military instead of the Soviet military.

What do libertarians think of central bank interventions of such a sort? The markets made their bed with risk. Shouldn't they pay the consequences? -- Andrew Leonard

Libertarian - the name given to the political-economy equivalent of a "flat Earther."

. . . hazelnuts aren't real particular about where they are grown and, as trees, they "eat" lots of carbon.

How can one determine for sure how one's child will develop as he or she grows by how he or she fits into clothes at 18-months? Lots of toddlers are all bum and belly. Where the hell is she shopping for her kid's clothes anyway - Kate Moss for Kids?

Both my wife and I are height-weight proportioned, but our 10-year old daughter had been in the 75-95 percentile of weight since she was age six or so, though only in 50 percentile for height. This summer she joined a swim team, which meant one-hour work outs four nights a week and swim meets once a week during which she would swim 3-4 events. Guess who lost ten pounds this summer?

While we all have a certain genetic destiny, it can hardly be envisioned as to what this will be at age two.

This article had little to do with the state of toddler "fashion" and everything to do with someone uncomfortable with her own body.

. . . of the country fail to require even basic solar energy use (just water heaters for Christ's sake) and continue to bar "grey" water recycling, that corner of the U.S. is doomed. With water rates less expensive in Tucson than in Seattle things will never change. There is absolutely no punitive incentive to conserve water. It's time for the Sierra Club and others to sue the federal and state governments in Nevada, Arizona, California and New Mexico for their gross negligence in resource management.

. . . seen the Honeymooners or her dad was a bus driver and her mother kept telling her that this (and her dad's best friend who was a plumber) made them middle class.

Sept. 10, 2007 | From the "The Brady Bunch" to "Home Improvement," from Ralph Kramden . . , the middle class has always had a comfortable spot on our TV screens, . . .

You and Heather must have grown up in the same suburb.

Firemen and policemen are pretty much all blue collar, whether they've got the criminal law degree from So-and-so State University or not.

"Rescue me", anyone? Definitely middle class mooks.

-- Uberfemme

What is it with the apparent continued fascination with all things Apple? Their computers are really no better than PCs, iTunes sucks as a download business/platform, there are better and cheaper MP3 players on the market than iPod, and Apple's new phone and phone service seems to be having nothing but problems. Is this over-hyped company something only people under the age of 40 really "understands"? And we thought everyone in the '60s was overwhelmed and over powered by advertising.

That's all you can ask from an office seeker. Show me your hand, no aces up the sleeve. No triangulation, no contradictory messages in front of different audiences, no pandering. That's the way to approach Floridians, and as well I think Pennsylvanians and Montanans, and all the rest. -- Greg in FL

If this really characterizes voters in East Central Florida, why did they vote overwhelmingly for Bush, twice? First time, like the MSM, they bought the lie. Second time . . . ?

When a politician is elected, he represents EVERYONE, even the people who didn't vote for him. How does a leader expect to get general public support when that leader systematically cuts entire populations out of the election message? -- mchebert

While an elected official represents everyone, his or her leadership needn't (god forbid!) reflect everyone's views. I do not want the overwhelmingly self-centered, unsophisticated, and xenophobic "world" view so common of people in the South and rural Midwest and West represented to the smallest degree in our nation's policies.

BTW, what's an "election message"?

Because there are only 100 shopping days left until Christmas (and the "sell by date" for mea culpas/shitting on your former boss is rapidly approaching as well).

No. But one should be encouraged to ridicule anyone over the age of six wearing them (that goes for Uggs as well).

The Hour Has 22 Minutes did a great SNL/SCTV kind of bit calling them Dorcs.

They're PRACTICAL, people! Yeah, they're not the fashionable kind, but they are Uggs, and I'm kind of tired of the boring slagging of them. -- oxymoron

How can a pair of thin suede boots with thin no tread soles (made in Australia!) be practical for people living in cold Northern climes? Sorels, yes. Uggs are just a variation on Go-Go boots. I've owned more substantially made bedroom slippers.