The Money War - Tom

The Money War - Tom Holsinger on a surreal idea - buying victory in Iraq.

It's really not that surreal. Governments have been buying the support of factions within enemy governments and nations as long as there've been conquerors. It's how we won in Afghanistan - as Holsinger notes, we outbid Al Quaeda for the loyalty of the southern warlords.

But read the whole article. It's not all good news.

The Way Ye Were - Barbra Streisand is caught quoting a hoax version of Shakespeare.