Midday Open Thread

• There are few better way to show your age than to whine about changes in language. And William Safire sounds OLD in this rant against the "separatist rebellion of the prefix".

• Ahmed Chalabi has more than nine lives. Even though he got trounced in the last election, he's been appointed head of the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

• The Klan protests efforts to legalize gay marriage in Iowa.

• Why is God punishing Texas with grass fires? Remember, with the American Taliban natural disasters are always somone's fault.

• Reporters in Abramoff's skybox? Say it ain't so!