At the dinner, Harold will be honored along with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Edward A. Flynn, and Charles Kolb, president of the Committee on Economic Development, for their support of children's programs proven to cut crime.
BURNING QUESTION
"If Saddam is alive," President George W. Bush said in April, "I would suggest he not pop up his head."
A threatening remark that may have given best-selling humorists Henry Beard and John Boswell the idea for their ingenious new pop-up book, "Where's Saddam?" (Broadway, $9.95)
Flip-up tabs, just like in our favorite children's books, conceal Dubya's (all decked out in his cowboy outfit in this storybook) unexpected and very funny finds.
"Is he still in Baghdad?"
No, but isn't that an equally elusive Osama bin Laden peeping out from the trunk of that cab?
"Is he hiding in the desert?"
No, that's an Elvis imitator at the Sands hotel.
"Is he in the great state of Texas?"
No, behind the doors of the Alamo are the smiling faces of The Dixie Chicks.
"Has he moved to 'the burbs'?"
No, that's Bill and Hillary (oh, and Monica).
"Is he in hell?"
No, that's Michael Jackson holding two boy dolls.
Then where the heck is Saddam?
Like Dubya, the authors have no idea.
WMDS OF SORTS
U.S. Marine Cpl. Ravi Chand has returned from his tour of duty in Iraq and rejoined his old "unit" at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
In fact, the corporal, who saw combat in Iraq and stuck to his pure vegetarian diet throughout the war, led a demonstration Thursday (Sept. 4) in front of the White House, highlighted by PETA members dressed as an oversized knife and fork and holding signs reading, "President Bush: Found Your WMD - Meat's the Biggest Killer of All."
PETA sought to make the point that eating meat kills far more Americans each year than war or other weapons, in addition to "terrorizing" billions of animals.
"Meat-eaters make every day a 9/11 for animals in slaughterhouses," says Chand, whose deployment took him from Kuwait through Nasiriyah and on to Baghdad. "Nonvegetarians are the real terrorists - they need to lay down their weapons and pick up some healthy, humane eating habits."
PETA will launch a nationwide "Weapons of Mass Destruction" billboard campaign later this month.