When she’d picked through the bun, lettuce, burger, and tomato (tossing the pickle), she twirled behind the counter to the tiny cubic offices behind, and found the restauranteuse.

As an illustration of a general technique for calculating odds, suppose you are playing a 25-cent slot machine.

Condoleezza Rice pops up on Fox to be told by the anchor: When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime. With a solemn nod, the former secretary of state to George Bush replies: It is certainly against every principle of international law and international order.

And how was she making the maknae line so comfortable so quickly?