BULLSEYE

Richard Wagoner (Larry) of General Motors, left, Robert Nardelli (Moe) of Chrysler and Alan Mulally (Curly) of Ford -- went begging to lawmakers.

• The arrogance of incompetence. All three auto executives opted to fly their company jets to the capital for their hearings this week.
• The NYPD is pressuring the Justice Department for a faster turnaround for getting warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
• An independent investigation of the suspected nuclear site in Syria that Israel destroyed last year has strengthened U.S. claims that Damascus was building a secret nuclear reactor.
• Unionized Federal employees see a huge opportunity to push their agenda with Obama as President.
• Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb.

A four-month old puppy that goes by the name "Ears" (fitting name, don't you think?) is seen in Lima November 10, 2008. Peruvians crazy about their national dog the Peruvian Hairless Dog, a bald and often toothless breed popular among Incan kings, offered on Monday to send a hypoallergenic puppy to the Obama family. More…

By now you may have read that the Secret Service has announced the “secret” code names of President-elect Obama and the first family. Secret Service tradition calls for all code names to start with the same letter as the President’s code name. Here’s the run down:

• Barack Obama: “Renegade”
• Michelle Obama: “Renaissance”
• Daughter Malia: “Radiance”
• Daughter Sasha: “Rosebud”

No one from the Secret Service called me for my suggestions, but if they had, I would have cast tradition to the wind and went with some sweeter picks. Everybody loves chocolate, right?

• Barack Obama: Chocolate Thunder
• Wife, Michelle: Godiva
• Daughter Malia: Hersey K