In other news

"UFO cult offers job to disgraced Korean scientist"
Disgracing himself before his legitimate peers may have been the best career move this fellow could make–who wouldn't want to work for a bunch of rich nutjobs of this persuasion? It would be a veritable paranormal free-for-all, and undoubtedly more fun than working for an actual scientific enterprise bound my conventions of ethics and credibility. Kind of like how writing for "Weekly World News" would rock.

"Study Finds That Marriage Builds Wealth"
What I would like to know is how much grant money this guy got to spend fifteen years amassing data to arrive at this shocking, utterly unexpected conclusion that shakes just about every popular convention American society is built upon. And will they give me some to study whether buying frivolous fashion items truly lifts one's spirits?

And my little anti-militaristic heart leapt this morn when I read this piece in the New York Times: "Purple Heartbreakers" by James Webb. (Or who knows, maybe that was just a parasite getting frisky.)

Military people past and present have good reason to wonder if the current administration truly values their service beyond its immediate effect on its battlefield of choice. The casting of suspicion and doubt about the actions of veterans who have run against President Bush or opposed his policies has been a constant theme of his career. This pattern of denigrating the service of those with whom they disagree risks cheapening the public's appreciation of what it means to serve, and in the long term may hurt the Republicans themselves. ...

... It may be one reason that a preponderance of the Iraq war veterans who thus far have decided to run for office are doing so as Democrats.

A young American now serving in Iraq might rightly wonder whether his or her service will be deliberately misconstrued 20 years from now, in the next rendition of politically motivated spinmeisters who never had the courage to step forward and put their own lives on the line.