We apologize for the gaffe

Thanks to everyone who pointed out the gaffe in the headline on the cover. We screwed up by using the word uppity -- and the error should have been caught before publication. We just fixed it -- the cover headline now matches the headline on the article, which was the correct version.

-- Jeanne Carstensen, Managing Editor

(under "letters".)

Whatever.

Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.

With so much official U.S. buildup about the purported evidence of Iranian influence in Iraq, the briefing was also notable for what was not said or shown. The officials offered no evidence to substantiate allegations that the "highest levels" of the Iranian government had sanctioned support for attacks against U.S. troops. Also, the military briefers were not joined by U.S. diplomats or representatives of the CIA or the office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Hmm, I guess we should be telling Mr. Connelly, "Keep up the good work!"

Nobody reads Joel much - he has to be outrageous to get us to read him.

Don't like the term "black psy ops"? What else would you call anonymous cooked up claims of Iranian involvement that had been shopped around to news outlets for months? It's not like the administration has a remotely credible record with this kind of stuff.