News graphics: they’re hard to beat for their subtlety and artful suggestiveness. This one accompanies a story on the ABC News website: U.S. Headed for ‘Heightened Alert’ Stage. Something about it just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and half expecting to wake up some morning to the news that Dick Cheney has named himself President for Life.
"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."