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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Col. Boylan's denial

A response to the first clear denial of e-mail authorship from Gen. Petraeus' spokesman.

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007 07:06 AM

    Life imitating art

    I'm currently re-reading "Catch-22" and I couldn't help thinking that our Col. Boylan reminds me of the characters in the novel. Pretty soon he's going to be signing his e-mails alternately "Washington Irving" and "Irving Washington" (and then "John Milton" and "Milton John" when that grows monotonous) wearing a fake moustache and sunglasses like Major Major Major Major....

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