August 6

Today is the fourth anniversary of the presidential briefing entitled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,” which was ignored by the president while on vacation in Crawford, Texas. Part of me wants to write a really angry post about the bitter irony of his being on a “working vacation” in Crawford yet again on this dark anniversary, but instead, I’m going to direct you to The Heretik, who has written something truly beautiful.

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