Much news last night and this morning about the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
Since I have, in the past, referred to the late Iraqi dictator as "an unhanged brigand," I should feel satisfied that I can now call him "a hanged brigand." And, to some extent, I do.
What leaves me unsatisfied is that there are other people with high death tolls wandering around out there loose and unhanged. Osama bin Laden springs immediately to mind, as do the Janjaweed Militias in Sudan. So, for that matter, does George W. Bush.