One feature of the press coverage on Iraq and especially that of the New York Times is that it trumpets the bad news, then never walks it back in the same way when it changes. On June 20 there was a frontpage Times article, “New Iraqi Constitution May Curb Women’s Rights.” Over the weekend, I read in about paragraph 15 of a story on page A-5 that it appears that the most worrisome provision of the draft with regard to women’s rights has been stripped out. But who would know?