Channel Surfing

There is something at once terribly banal and absurdly comical about Osama bin Laden, the world renown terrorist, bedecked in a cap, wrapped in a blanket, sitting hunched over with clicker in hand, reveling in the images of the glory of bygone days, as if he's a tired, washed up actor desperately and futilely clinging to what he once was (and thankfully what he will never be again).

Nominal Resistance

Press secretary Jim Carney's revision that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when Navy SEALs shot him to death isn't surprising because capturing the terrorist mastermind to stand trial would have led to a messy, protracted situation. The United States government never intended bin Laden to be tried in a court of law, military or otherwise, which is why all the talk about bin Laden putting up resistance as justication for the shooting is just nonsense.

Bin Laden Killed

In a raid on a fortified compound in Pakistan by US special forces, Osama bin Laden, the intellectual mastermind behind 9/11, was killed by a gunshot to the head. Thus the world has rid itself of one less deluded terrorist and religious fanatic.

Osama's Driver to Stand Trial

This is an historic moment in the War on Terror. A federal judge has cleared the way for the first military trial next week at Guantánamo Bay of Salim Hamdan. Mr. Hamdan is noteworthy for serving as the elusive Osama bin Laden's chauffeur. Apparently, the thinking is if bin Laden is unavailable, get the next best thing: his driver.