On TV Bill Hemmer, who normally appears on CNN's morning news programme, is now looking at us from Iraq itself. I notice he's not wearing glasses or a tie. That's because he wants to appear more like a real foreign correspondent. I don't suppose he needs his glasses to read the teleprompter or answer questions from the home office. And strangely enough, there's Tucker Carleton, of Crossfire!. Glasses? No. Bowtie? No.
I wonder if, conversely, Patrick Brown even owns a tie. I'm sure he would have to, for various affairs, but can he put his hands on it at a moment's notice? Maybe it's stored in an old chest along with some old katars, idols, and things.