God, I feel like there's something going on today in Washington. What is it, what is it? I don't know, probably just some stupid parade or something. Ho hum. Meanwhile, Bush gets a free ride, according to Salon. More news below.

Amazingly, despite losing 11 of their 38 reporters to the tsunami, the newspaper Serambi Indonesia, is picking itself back up. "The first five days were very hard," says Nani Hussein, 46, a features reporter "I was crying a lot, even when I was praying." So think about that the next time you're complaining about a deadline.

How to be a better first lady? Book readin'. And Oscar de La Renta. (via the Post.)

Jury selection begins in the Boston Herald libel case. I love libel like I love yellow journalism: they're both phrases I haven't gotten to use since my high school journalism class.

Wanted: One editor for a journal that I know I should be reading instead of watching "American Idol."