Blast from the Past

It was amazing to see the top headline of the NY Times yesterday. With Iraq war ongoing, the infringement on Pakistani sovereignty by a CIA-launched attack that killed a dozen or more civilians, the Iran situation threathening to redline, congressional Republicans embroiled in Abramoff corruption, illegal NSA wiretapping concerning many, New Orleans still a mess and promising to get yet worse before, if ever, it gets better, what is the top headline in the Times yesterday? You may have had to rub your eyes and check it again:

Inquiry on Clinton Official Ends With Accusations of Cover-Up

It was a time warp. It was 1999 all over again. It didn't deflect things for long but it was an amusing attempt to counter the current and far more serious issues that are strangling the Bush administration right now.