MORE GOOD NEWS / BAD NEWS:

Saddam's doctor called a meeting of all the Saddam look-alikes and announced:

"Men, I've got some good news and I've got some bad news."

"The good news is Saddam is still alive."

"The bad news is he lost an arm..."

(Hat tip to Harry Broertjes -- who really, really, really should start his own blog -- even if I have to jump-start it for him.)

RAND SIMBERG IS KEEPING SCORE:
"I decided to tot up the tally. Since 1940, the media have predicted seven out of the last one quagmires."

NAT HENTOFF IS MAKING SENSE:
The Village Voice's preeminent ideological lefty declares that the humanitarian mission to liberate Iraq is justification enough.