Settling disputes … everyday!

  • Although things suck in Iraq, the Kurdish areas to the north have been relatively unscathed by the years of violence in the "Sunni Triangle." Almost-Kurdistan now sports new developments, peaceful living and 140,000 Turkish troops massed on the border. Uh-oh.
  • The bleeding edge in the treatment of illness: Turning diseases against each other.
  • Liberal Cat Fight! Cindy Sheehan calls on Nancy Pelosi to impeach the president. If Pelosi doesn't act, Sheehan says she's coming after her House seat. I thought Sheehan lived in Crawford, Texas?
  • Metallica's James Hetfield gets questioned at a British airport on his way to Live Earth because his beard was a little to Osama-like. Or is it Usama? I always get confused.
  • Women begin preparations for the onslaught of a whole new category of pick-up line: Apparently, "More Sex is Safer Sex."
  • Things we debate around the CL offices: Before their cherished work as tough old broads in Miami on The Golden Girls, did Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur work together on Maude ? Find out for yourself…

This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2007.