February 23, 2004

OSP
Long LA Weekly interview with Karen Kwiatowski, formerly of the Office of Special Plans, where Gulf War II was hatched. Note that she posits three of the real reasons the administration wanted to fight the war (and they're not totally unreasonable, actually!). Discomfort with the Saudis (predictably) and a frighteningly weak dollar (which I wouldn't have guessed) figure prominently. Of course, lying a lot (including to Congress) to start an optional war also figures prominently.
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papers
If I ever get arrested I'm so totally going to put up a website like papersplease.org, complete with video of the arrest. This guy is my hero for the day.
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Dash
I stumbled across this explanation of how to use em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens. The Times (and everyone else) gets this wrong, and it drives me nuts.
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