As prominent as his beard, turban and camouflage jacket was his Western-type watch. If politics is the art of the possible, then things should be possible now that weren't before Sept. 11. Or perhaps not. For three decades, Americans have only haphazardly tried to fortify themselves against a catastrophic cutoff of oil from the Middle East, which accounts for about a third of world production and two-thirds of known reserves. Little seems to have changed in the last month, although the terrorism highlighted our vulnerability.
Oil is barely part of the discussion.
And the Emmy goes to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for pulling the plug on Sunday's telecast. Let's be honest, it's hard to compete with war. Difficult to work up the appropriate frenzy for the red carpet walk and all that . I don't mean she wants this in the way that young children aspire to be astronauts or fairy princesses. She wants to be the real deal, with the crown and the sash and a title - Miss Something.