Mutual Prayers: Not for nothing does Gunga Dan Rather show up for an hour on Larry King. This week it was to try and dig himself out of the near libelous things he said about Attorney General Ashcroft on an earlier show. He couldn't quite bring himself to do it. At last count he had referred to himself as either a "journalist" or a "reporter" seven times and said he prays every night to be given one more day in the job. We have the same prayer. Last night Andy Rooney called him (on the same show) "transparently liberal."

Poor Comparison: The New York Times, seeing some corollary between Anita Hill and FBI whistle blower Colleen Rowley and assigns Ms. Hill an op-ed piece today. Note: Agent Crowley has been with the FBI for thirty years and Hill refers to her in the lead as "suburban mother of four." That's just the beginning of Ms. Hill's confused premise . Read on. Elsewhere, Rowley is described as a "bespectacled mother who blew the whistle." Sounds like Linda Tripp doesn't it?

Something Fishy in Utah? The story out of Utah yesterday regarding the apparent kidnapping of a beautiful blonde 14-year-old girl from her millionaire father's enormous house has an unusual whiff to it. We know nothing. It's just mother wit at work here but something just doesn't add up. The cable news stations will be on this like flies today.

Nearer Yassir to Thee: Israel's retaliatory move on Arafat last night was swifter than usual and a whole lot closer. Israeli tanks blew up three of his office buildings and shot a security guard. They are getting extremely close to sending a rocket up his nose. One more attack on civilians might do it. The cable coverage was pretty good but by midnight CNN was more interested in Soul Superstar R. Kelly's sex romp with an underage girl.

PETA Alert: For all the half-baked, ill-conceived and downright dim-witted things PETA does, you'd think they could come to their senses long enough to rescue one little chocolate lab puppy who is being sent to a home where no one lives, a master who is never around and surrogate minders who let its predecessor ran onto a street and get squished. The dog's name is Seamus (pronounced Shame-us). 'Nuff said.

-Your Obviously Dog Loving LComStaff

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