Quick Fix 6 (3/4/05)

The New York Times is reporting: ” President Bush today nominated Stephen L. Johnson , a career veteran of the Environmental Protection Agency and its acting administrator, to become the agency’s next full-time chief.” Click here .

APhoto: Martha Stewart passes her horses at her home in Katonah, N.Y., this morning. Stewart must spend the next five months in home confinement here at her $16 million New York estate.

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Paul Nowak ( Syria ), Wayne Stayskal ( Doctor shortage ), and Jeff Parker ( Youth death penalty ).

2. Humor Fix: Again, for my North Idaho Demo friend (both of ‘em, Mike and Ryan ), you can find the 25 funniest spoof pictures of Dubya (courtesy of politicalhumor.com) here .

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here , and Positive Quote here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Martha Stewart leaves prison here , FEC preparing to regulate Web here , Judge’s error to save Schiavo here , Music, film chiefs shine light on piracy here , and Chemotherapy beneficial to older women here .

5. Atheism In Trouble Fix: Atheism’s “future seems increasingly to lie in the private beliefs of individuals rather than in the great public domain it once regarded as its habitat,” Oxford’s Alister McGrath wrote in the U.S. magazine, Christianity Today, here .

6. Opinion Fix: Charles Krauthammer /NY Daily News ( Mideast revolution ), Victor Davis Hanson /National Review ( Grumpy Europe ), Mona Charen /Creators Syndicate ( Fighting for black vote ), David Limbaugh /Creators Syndicate ( New Age Supreme Court ), and Wesley Pruden /Washington Times ( D’s right on illegal immigration ).