The Week

■ In Teheran, Iran News editorializes that diplomatic talks on ties with the United States cannot resume until Mrs. Clinton buys the President an iron chastity belt. The First Lady, it adds, is by their count already the Fourth Lady, and losing ground. Hey, Iran, we’ll do the jokes.

■ The “vast right-wing conspiracy” has been getting awfully crowded, so much so that the Membership Committee has been asked to administer the following test: Write an essay of five hundred words on two (2) of the following: 1) We bought it, we built it, we intend to keep it. 2) Nattering nabobs of negativism. 3) Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. 4) Who promoted Peress?

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■ In Teheran, Iran News editorializes that diplomatic talks on ties with the United States cannot resume until Mrs. Clinton buys the President an iron chastity belt. The First Lady, it adds, is by their count already the Fourth Lady, and losing ground. Hey, Iran, we’ll do the jokes.

■ The “vast right-wing conspiracy” has been getting awfully crowded, so much so that the Membership Committee has been asked to administer the following test: Write an essay of five hundred words on two (2) of the following: 1) We bought it, we built it, we intend to keep it. 2) Nattering nabobs of negativism. 3) Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. 4) Who promoted Peress?