On the op-ed page of the New York Times, Bill Keller gives Jesse Helms, Phil Gramm, and Strom Thurmond a fitting sendoff.
Pakistan’s military dictator Pervez Musharraf gave a the speech of his life last night, in hopes of placating India without losing his job of Pakistan. He decried terrorism and intolerance, but continued to refuse to turn Pakistani citizens over to India and refused to end support for Muslims living in Kashmir in their insurgency against the Indian government. He did annouce that terrorism by Pakistanis at home or abroad would no longer be tolerated.