The Ongoing Saga of South Carolina’s Governor, Mark Sanford

Oh, South Carolina governor Mark Sanford — way to knock Jon and Kate off the front pages!First reports had Sanford as “missing.” Next came word he was “hiking the Appalachian Trail,” followed by a wave of “the media is making too big a deal of this!”Then it turned out he wasn’t hiking the Appalachian Trail, he was in Argentina. Because he likes to walk around by himself.

Rog, Sandra, El and Adolf

Rog, Sandra, El and Adolf

No movie begins with scenes of a man and a woman who are utterly incompatible unless it ends with them in love, unless perhaps it might be one about Hitler and Eleanor Roosevelt.Roger Ebert gets whimsical as he reviews The Proposal.

Our 1000th Blog Post

This is it.Who2’s first blog post, on 18 September 2005, covered the last words of Pope John Paul II. (“Let me go to the house of the Father,” they were reported to be.)Post #100, from 6 September 2007, was “Still No Word on Steve Fossett.”

Hemingway vs. the Bull

New Ernest Hemingway art by Paul Hehn. Other new Hemingway sketches from Mr. Hehn can be found here, here and here.

The National Archives on YouTube

Today marks the official launch of the YouTube channel for the U.S. government’s National Archives. Go here for the main page.

Bo’s Shame

Cute new “baseball card” for the First Dog released by the White House today.But what’s this?”Even though Bo is a Portuguese Water Dog, he doesn’t know how to swim.”How humiliating for him. Did the White House really need to trumpet the failings of this poor dog?

Robert Pattinson Makes Out on the Beach

The glamorous life of a movie star: Robert Pattinson makes out with co-star Emilie de Ravin on location for their movie Remember Me.Looks like fun.Alas, with a bit of context it seems somehow less glam:

A Fascinating Guy You Never Heard Of

We stumbled on this obituary from the New York Times, published in May of 2007. It’s about Dr. John K. Lattimer, a urologist and Columbia University professor.

Cronkite On the Ropes?

Walter Cronkite, 92, who once held the title of “Most Trusted Man in America,” is gravely ill, according to multiple CBS News sources. The network began updating his obituary more than a week ago, a source adds.CBS News executive Linda Mason, designated to speak on Cronkite’s behalf, had no comment.More from TVNewser.