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Saturday, December 10, 2005 12:00 AM

Incalculable pain

The Pentagon is underreporting the number of American soldier casualties in Iraq, say House Democrats.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Saturday, December 10, 2005 03:23 PM

    Humpty Dumpty apparently on staff

    So, the administration doesn't do Webster's? Who do they do then? I'm thinking of Humpty Dumpty here:

    'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'

    'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

    'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'

    Of course, when Humpty made the words work like that, he always paid them extra.

    How much is the Pentagon paying casualty, torture and "Mission Accomplished"?

    —Kevin Andrew Murphy

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