[Shermy]

Hey, here's my favorite false correlation by argumentative proximity of the month!

"Just as the hardline Sharansky has been criticized from his left for setting an impossibly high threshold for negotiating with the Palestinians—he opposes Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan for Gaza—Bush could turn the totem of “democracy” into a convenient excuse for persisting in his stony refusal to talk directly to Iran and North Korea."

"Talk directly" - Kerryesque unilateralism has not died!

[okie01]

In reading the article, one learns much more about Michael Hirsh and his politics than one learns about either Sharansky or Bush and their philosophies.

So much reporting is that way today...