More Quick Hits

I don't really have enough to say about any of these subjects to give them a full post, so here's another chance to jump into the realm of bulleted lists again.

• Is this a publicity stunt? On Tuesday Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson and wrote Helter Skelter, came out with Reclaiming History - which he promises is the definitive study of the Kennedy Assassination that will put the conspiracy theories to rest once and for all. On Thursday, The Washington Post reports on a new study calling into question the bullet evidence of the Kennedy assassination. I'm sure Bugliosi will be available for interviews debunking the debunkers.

• Here's a question that combines editorial and medical concerns. I don't know enough about anatomy to know which bones you can break in your back without endangering your spine, but apparently Jenna Fischer, Pam on The Office, broke some of those. But shouldn't news outlets understand the English language well enough to realize that colloquially, the phrase "breaks back" is understood to mean "breaks spine"? Don't they realize that using that phrase in a headline will lead their readers to expect the report to be abut Jenna Fischer becoming paralyzed? Oh, I'm sorry. Of course they do.

• Here's a link to the AP coverage of Jimmy Carter's interview Saturday with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (the Democrat-Gazette requires a subscription to read it on their site) and another to the BBC, which also had an interview with the former president. (You can also hear the audio.) There's not much that we haven't heard before, but it does carry a bit more wait coming from a former president. Carter is especially helpful in pointing out how Bush stands apart from all former presidents, including those he professes to emulate. Just more evidence that this is an administration unlike any we've ever had before.