SNAFU*
Michelle Cottle reports on the 911 Commission. She complains that since the Commission was partly carried out in public, it led to political posturing and grandstanding. She suggests closed-door hearings would have been better, but that sounds anti-democratic to me. Her fatalism regarding another attack resonates, unfortunately.

Ms. Cottle and I shared a creative writing class back in college and she was one of those reticent charmers who reflect well on the "New South."

* Situation Normal All Fucked Up