New World Order - Of course, as I wrote my last comment on Chandra, it occurred to me that 9/11 was supposed to be the day that "changed everything." We would be forever ashamed for the way tabloid journalism's pursuit of Gary Condit dominated the news last summer as Mohammed Atta and his henchmen were plotting mass murder.

Now comes word of an intelligence breakthrough on the mystery of United Flight 93 -- the flight where Mark Bingham and the other passengers rose up against the highjackers. I had been leaning toward the theory that the plane's target was CIA headquarters in McLean, Virginia. The latest news: It was headed for the White House. That's less than a mile from Dupont Circle where my partner Jamie was working at the time.

Ben, as we embark on this exercise in irreverence and light-heartedness, let's not forget that there are more important things too.