Okay, for the ninth time we're really, really sorry for publishing a story that turned out to be inaccurate, and led to the deaths of 15 people and the injury of more than 60. Who knew we had more readers in Jalalabad than all of the continental United States?

A French woman spends an entire year eating nothing but fois gras, drinking red wine and smoking three packs of filterless Gauloises a day, and finds that not only does she remain thin, but that her life expectancy increases over that of her American counterpart.

A Senate aide who blogged about her sexual exploits with assorted staffers is now being sued by the counsel for the Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee for revealing details about their affair -- including “spanking and hair-pulling” during sex. Ah yes, the casual Hollywood reader will think -- hotbed as usual over there. But to those who live and work here, Washington is more Dilbert than West Wing.

Part I: Commitments on Pending Summer Holiday A. We have invoked cloture on a beach house in North Carolina for the last week of July. B. Mommy will withdraw her demand that Daddy sleep in the spare room; Daddy may now return to sleeping in the master bedroom. C. Daddy withdraws his nomination for the golf resort. D. Mommy and Daddy will accede to the children’s demand to visit a Six Flags theme park at some point during the holiday. However, aforementioned visit will take place only on a weekday when the theme park is less crowded...

I've never understood why women’s groups weren't out front cheering the wars against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Were there ever more feminist wars than these? You'd think the National Organization for Women would be egging the administration on to Saudi Arabia and Iran. But no...