Antigone to the rescue

Keeping its streak alive, the Los Angeles Times Book Review offers up yet another piece as a springboard to question the policies of George Bush. This time, it's Seamus Heaney's version of Antigone. As the Times puts it on the cover, it's "a bold new translation tailored to a post-9/11 world." Personally, I think Heaney would do better to tailor it for the ages, since that's what Sophocles did, but it's his call.

Antigone is about a leader, Creon, who, through intransigence, goes astray and pays a terrible price. Thus, it's a favorite to stage by those who feel there are vital moral lessons to be learned by those who disagree with them.

All I can say to the Book Review is hope you have a happy four years.