Quick Fix 6 — 8/15/05

1. APhoto Fix: Dick Clark will co-host the 34th edition of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” live from New York’s Times Square on Dec. 31. Clark, 75, has been recovering at his Malibu home from a Dec. 6 stroke here . (Clark is shown above preparing to ring in the millenium five-plus years ago.)

2. Cartoon Fix: Robert Airial ( The Nukes of Hazzard ), Paul Nowak ( Hillary Clinton ), and Wayne Stayskal ( Gas prices ).

3. Humor Fix: David Letterman’s “Top Ten Signs You Have A Bad Travel Agent” here .

4. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Word of the Day here .

5. Top of the News Fix: Israel begins withdrawal from Gaza strip here , Iraqis delay constitutional session here , Nationwide gas prices set another record here , Iran’s new defense minister tied to U.S. Marine bomging here , and Pope says crucifixes in public buildings important here .

6. Opinion Fix: Shimon Peres/Times of London ( Why Gaza matters ), Debra Saunders /SF Chronicle ( Cops held to impossible standards ), David Francis /Christian Science Monitor ( Greenspan’s legacy ), Nat Hentoff /Washington Times ( Selective diversity in higher education ), and John Leo /US News & World Report ( Goodbye, Peter Jennings ).