Cyrus Farivar

MIAMI (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney asserted on Thursday that a report by the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, who found no evidence that Iraq produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991, justifies rather than undermines President Bush’s decision to go to war. The report shows that “delay, defer, wasn’t an option,” Cheney told a town-hall style meeting. While Democrats seized on the new report by Charles Duelfer to bolster their case that invading Iraq was a mistake,…

Ed: This perfectly encapsulates how I feel about j-school assignments. (Courtesy JSchool05 blog.) by Brian Montopoli New York Observer October 11, 2004 A few weeks before graduating from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism two years ago, Shelley Preston was asked by the yearbook committee for a quote capturing her Columbia experience. “It was an easy choice,” said Ms. Preston, who now works for a Florida newspaper. “Being a student journalist covering big-city news, you feel like youÕre playing make-believe.…

Rotis are the Indian/Caribbean equivalent of burritos.

Cheney: 7 Edwards: 7 So contrary to what I had expected, Edwards didn’t totally mop the floor with Cheney, and he gave a great effort. There wasn’t a lot to cut in on or really take him down with. Edwards gave a better closing statement than Cheney did. Cheney didn’t really respond to the accusations that he said that electing Kerry would be more dangerous and seemed to deny that he had said there was a link between Al Qaeda…

ÒVoters with active passports prefer Kerry 58% to 35%, while those without a passport are for Bush 48% to 39%.” – John Zogby, Zogby International

Wow! Cal beats Oregon St. 49-7, the Dodgers come from a 3-0 deficit in the bottom of the ninth to snag their first division title in years by beating the Giants 7-3 — and I just got back from a concert of They Might Be Giants in New York City! What a day!

Whaddya think? $19/hour? Not bad. I’m applying.

I think that Kerry had a very forceful showing in tonight’s debate (I was watching on PBS at the j-school). – He was articulate, clear, and didn’t get into long-winded answers. – He was polite, and listened attentively to Bush. – Bush committed the same error that Gore did in the 2000 debates, he jumped in right after Kerry spoke. Of course, Gore actually interrupted, and Bush didn’t, but Bush seemed ready to pounce on whatever Kerry said. – Bush…

After spending lots of time agonizing over my blog, and with Lux from the OCF, I managed to restore my blog as it should be. Thanks!

Moveable Type seems to be doing strange things to me. Forgive me while I attempt to correct the problem. My whole right-side menu seems to have disappeared and I can’t figure out why. If anyone can help, please email me. Update [8:23 PDT]: Ok now it cuts off after “Scott Rosenberg.” Argh. Any MT gurus out there?