Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior. That was us in Iraq.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.

Over time, however, the endless war in Iraq began to play a role in natural selection. Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared.

Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.