re: #162 garhighway

Greetings from 35,000 feet over Virginia. (I love wi-fi on planes.)

The whole war correspondent thing is tricky. They take huge risks, but without them we are stuck with the reports of interested parties to tell us what is happening. The best are awesome: Richard Engel from NBC has been amazing these past months.

On balance, if they are willing to take the risk, it’s better for all of us that they do it. Otherwise, we are at the mercy of government flacks to tell us what is happening. (Remember the Iraqi Info Minister?)

PS: The pencil thing is way cool.

I know for security reasons they are all held-up in the same hotel. But that is also stupid for security reasons.

I don’t have the answer.