If you don't write me a blank check, the terrorists have won

My husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Grand Death Auto

Letters

The Supreme Court short list

Richard Goode at Carnegie Hall

Blogroll

Setting an example for the kids

"Insult to Injury" update

A U.S. fleet for outsourcing torture?

Iraqi women on the verge of a revolution

"Enchantments" by Linda Ferri

"How to Fall" by Edith Pearlman

"A Thread of Grace" by Mary Doria Russell

"The Manhattan Beach Project" by Peter Lefcourt

Daily Download: "Woman King," Iron & Wine, from "Woman King EP"

The Fix

Kill the messenger

A musical interlude

The return of Jeff Gannon

How far is too far?

Ayatollah in a suit?

Calling Paris' pals

A familiar tale

Sanitized for your protection