Easter weekend saw the unveiling of Pope Benedict XVI's new and astonishing Popemobile. This one actually flies, and, being magic, leaves no carbon footprint. It is, in fact, a rug. Past builders of the always striking vehices, Starachowice of Poland and Mercedes-Benz of Germany, were surprised when they lost their contracts to a small family-owned Pakistani vendor Pazyryk Rugs Plus, which has been weaving "floor covering solutions" for two thousand years. They have recently received negative press in Pakistan for outsourcing their fringe-making to India. But Pope Benedict, an aficionado of textiles and tapestries, and a one-time decorator, was so...
