Is Osama bin Laden Really Dead?

To those who think that Osama bin Laden might be alive, two questions:

1. If OBL were alive, wouldn't his #1 priority be to release a new video, showing him holding a newspaper with a current headline (perhaps one announcing his own death), in order to demonstrate that the leaders of the USA are incompetent, or liars not to be trusted, or both, and so rally his followers?

2. Isn't the continuing absence of any such video further evidence that OBL is in fact dead?

I doubt that bin Laden is a fan of western literature, but I am quite sure that, if her were alive, he would love to announce that the reports of his death were an exaggeration.

A "Hail Mary" Legacy

George W. Bush is obsessed with his "legacy." Wildly unpopular in the present, he hopes for some respect in the future, despite the many obvious failures of his administration.

Now, with less than 14 months to go in his second term as President, Bush has a new goal: Peace in the Mideast.

No, not Iraq. He's already given up on that one. The Israeli-Palestinian part of the Mideast.

What else are we to make of the Arab-Israeli conference in Annapolis?

Down a lot of points, and deep in his own territory, Bush is going to throw a long one and hope it gets caught by someone.