Okay, so it’s ironic that Madame Chirac might have stolen a rug that wasn’t hers’. But it stretches irony to new levels to find out it’s actually Nazi loot stolen from murdered Jewish families. Oh, France. Could it get any more, well, French?
YELLOW PERIL: One good reason to be glad you don’t live in Cameroon.
CHUTZPAH AWARD: The BBC head accuses the U.S. media of right-wing bias. Who does he think he is, Howell Raines?