The military was bogged down in questions of nation-building, Ramadan, winter, humanitarian concerns, serial bombings of the Red Cross and whether America could win a Miss Congeniality contest with Muslims.”
- Paul Wong
- Nine-month-old Max Jones of Benton Harbor picks out a pumpkin at Jollay Orchards in Coloma.<br><br>LESLIE WARD/Daily
Maureen Dowd in yesterday”s New York Times, on the state of the U.S. Military six weeks after the terrorist attacks.