The cover of this week's Economist has a picture of Ariel Sharon with the text: "After the election...After Iraq...Can Sharon Make Peace?" I think the more relevant question would be: can Hamas ever make peace?

More indications that Iraq is imposing unacceptable conditions on the "unconditional inspections"

There are also reports that Iraq is preparing to use chemical weapons against western troops in the event of an invasion. Wonder if the UN inspectors will look into this?

Iraq intends to "cause damage or destruction" to its own oil fields if war breaks out, say U.S. defense officials. But that wouldn't be very environmentally sensitive of Saddam, would it?

With this agreement and a cup of coffee you won't need to spend $1.55 at Peet's

These guys might want to switch to a more media-savvy PR agency

CNN is reporting with a straight face that Clonaid has produced its third cloned baby. Yeah, big deal. Today I finished building my time machine, went back to 1662, had lunch with King Louis XIV and returned 5 minutes before I left. I'm already getting calls from Connie Chung's booking secretary.