'Zacarias Moussaoui hurtles closer to his execution'

Slate Well, of course it's a "circus." While it's true that nobody describes any major trial anymore without at some point using that word, what's strange about Zacarias Moussaoui's courtroom outburst this week—as he was removed one of four times—is that the "circus" comment came from the guy who's supposed to be crazy. It was not, in that sense, unlike the lion stopping just short of the flaming hoop and muttering, "This is nuts." When the crazy folks are the only ones speaking the truth, you're either in a Shakespeare tragedy or Wonderland.