Somebody get Negroponte on the phone

Kind of boggles the mind -- if today's car bomb in Riyadh is any indication, even Saudi Arabia is not far-right enough for the lunatics of Al Qaeda.

Meanwhile, what's more startling in today's Doonesbury -- the image of B.D. without his lower leg, or without headgear? This is the first time since 1968 that he's been shown without some sort of helmet.

At the other end of the spectrum, some people are still upset about the performance of "Hey Ya!" on the Grammy Awards in February. (As far as I know, nobody has even asked what the connection is supposed to be between the pop-hiphop "Hey Ya!" and Native Americans.)