Readers seem to like these quick hits, so, time permitting, I think I’ll keep this new daily feature. As with the last two editions, these are items that definitely deserve attention, but which I just didn’t get to today.<\/p>\n
* MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann was the victim of a fake anthrax mailing<\/a> to his home yesterday. The envelope, with a California postmark, included white powder and a note telling Olbermann that this was in response to his criticisms of the president. Breathtaking.<\/p>\n * On a related note, the fake anthrax mailing was apparently amusing<\/i> to Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post, which treated the terrorist incident as if it were little more than a joke<\/a>. Also breathtaking.<\/p>\n * I’ve always loved Michael Kinsley, but his blog-bashing<\/a> is sadly misplaced.<\/p>\n * I’m sorry, but MyTwinn.com is incredibly creepy<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Sen. George Allen’s (R-Va.) racism problems — this time about shoving a severed deer head into a mailbox during an early-’70s hunting trip — seem to be metastasizing<\/a>.<\/p>\n * If David Ignatius is going to argue, in print, at the Washington Post, that some war critics “are so angry at Bush they seem almost eager for America to lose, to prove a political point,” he should be prepared<\/a> to back that up. * Ken Starr spent $10 million a year on his Whitewater investigation. Patrick Fitzgerald has spent $1.4 million<\/a> — spread out over three years.<\/p>\n * Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick is usually pretty mild-mannered. When it comes to the torture debate, she isn’t<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Via email, reader L.M. is right, questions about air quality at Ground Zero after 9\/11 deserve more attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n * I love it when Dan Froomkin tears apart<\/a> Bush’s straw-men arguments.<\/p>\n * Rumor has it that the Republicans will hold their national convention in Minneapolis\/St. Paul<\/a> in 2008. Dems have reportedly narrowed their choices down to New York, Denver, and the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n
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\n* I’m cautiously optimistic that Congress won’t<\/i> pass a warrantless-search bill<\/a> before wrapping up for the year. I wish I could say the same about the torture bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n