Quick Fix 6 — 6/6/05

APhoto Fix: An unidentified man looks at a wreath as he walks through the graves of the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer, northwestern France, earlier today. Veterans and dignitaries gathered in the French region that perhaps best symbolyzes the fallen Allied soldier to honor the thousands of fighting men who gave their lives in the D-Day landings 61 years ago.

“Follow the money” was the advice that Mark Felt gave Woodward and Bernstein three decades ago as “Deep Throat.” And that’s still true today. His daughter admits that, in part, Felt finally came in from the cold because he wanted to sell his story here .

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Paul Nowak ( ACLU and Abu Ghraib ), Henry Payne ( Amnesty International ), and Chip Bok ( Deep Throat ).

2. Humor Fix: “It was such a slow news day that Newsweek couldn’t find anything to make up” David Letterman.

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays (Bjorn Borg) here , and Word of the Day (tangential) here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Court rules against pot for sick people here , Saddam faces trial for range of charges here , Court rejects women’s sports case here , Laptops outsell desk tops for the first time here , and Web sites, blogs can boost your career here .

5. “South Park Conservatives” Fix: Don’t look now, but there’s a nontraditional conservative movement gaining steam that eschews the PC, weak-on-fighting-terror negative left here .

6. Opinion Fix: Diana West /Townhall ( Searching for accurate sex-ed info ), John Leo /US News & World Report ( All the News that Never Gets Printed ), Star Parker /Townhall ( In defense of Bill Cosby ), Robert Novak /Chicago Sun-Times ( Bush Can’t Control Congress ), and Frederica Mathewes-Green /National Review ( “Cinderella Man” ).