Jan. 1, 2:15 p.m.: Bad news for the new year

The death toll rises in Iraq as the president fiddles. (Yes, an allusion to Rome.)

By: Hank Kalet
   This is not the kind of news you want to get to start off the new year, a bit if news that proves that the president’s contention that things are getting better in Iraq is just one more lie on top of the long list he has told the American public since announcing his candidacy back in 1999.