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I don’t have enough time to finger-point,� declared an uncharacteristically busy President Bush last week, but self-exculpating digits and tongues were wagging everywhere else.

Manhattan remained the world’s capital of geopolitical stand-up.

For a week that passed in the shadow of the darkest day in city history, it probably was not surprising that red, white, and blue were on display, along with a surprising kaleidoscope of other colors.

For an August week in which temperatures stayed mild, an odd sense of crankiness abounded.

It was an extraordinary week for attempts at self-�reinvention.

In a week when the U.S. was useless in stopping the fighting in Lebanon and New Yorkers sweated helplessly through a record heat wave, no one was above seeking support from improbable quarters.

In a week when the temperature hit 100, the numbers didn’t always add up.

A good week for keeping one's own counsel in New York City.

It should surprise no one that chivalrous behavior was prominently on display during a week in which New York was declared the world’s most polite city.