Tina Brown discusses the broadcast media's mad scramble to book relevant guest speakers during wartime. Winston S. Churchill (yes, they're relatedauthor of My Grandfather Invented Iraq) was in serious demand but when he appeared on CNN's Crossfire recently, "former Clinton spin-doctor James Carville s introduction to…

The NYT reports that a "don't ask; don't tell" policy has descended upon Manhattan dinner parties with regard to talking about the war in Iraq. Safe subjects: Tony Blair's hair (going grey), Christine Amanpour's fashion sense ("How does she manage to look so good in a war zone?"), the French wine selection at the…