Quick Fix 6 — Brosnan Loses Double-O’s (8/17/05)

1. Actor Pierce Brosnan laughs, as he poses in front of poster for his film “Tomorrow Never Dies,” on Jan. 8, 1998, in Mexico City. A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That’s how Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required. “One phone call, that’s all it took!” here .

2. Cartoon Fix: Paul Nowak ( Prices up ), Wayne Stayskal ( Mental disorders ), and Daryl Cagle & Co. ( Cindy Sheehan showdown ).

3. Humor Fix: “How many have seen this movie “March of The Penguins”? It’s doing huge business. You know why they’re marching? They can’t afford the gas” — Jay Leno .

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: State dept. sez it warned about bin Laden in 1996 here , 3 car bombings kill 43, wound 89 in Baghdad here , More homes in U.S. are single adult here , and Victims families to confront BTK serial killer here , Variants of spreading Windows worm emerge here .

6. Opinion Fix: Lawrence Kudlow /RealClearPolitics ( Silence of the Bush boom ), Kathryn Jean Lopez/National Review ( Where did Amnesty go? ), Al Knight /Denver Post ( Elementaries shouldn’t be pushing homosexuality ), Michelle Malkin/Townhall ( Helping Franken find a swindler ), and Ben Shapiro/Townhall ( The ‘chickenhawk’ argument ).