Sec. of State Condi wows her audience ... with Brahms!

For what it's worth:

"...top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice took the stage by storm with a piano recital of a Brahms sonata, titled a Prayer for Peace.

Rice, wearing a red dress and pearls, was in a somber mood after her crisis trip to the Middle East and decided to stick to the concert-grade piano skills she mastered at college." [More...]

Now if only the world's problems were solved by piano face-offs.

I'm going to resist the urge to make belittling comparisons between Condi's piano skills and her diplomacy skills. After all, what do I know? I'm just a ragtime player.

In other news, Israel launches new attacks, claims Hezbullah "will never be the same," and calls up 30,000 more reservists. Oh my.