Houthi Hijinks

The Houthis had a busy day. Crazy rascals. The situation in Yemen's the furthest thing from funny. Even if things might've stabilized at the margins, the country's still home to one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. The Houthis are part and parcel of the attendant misery and acute human suffering, but for reasons I've never been able to pin down, their adventures have an unmistakable air of slapstick. It's almost farce. "Miscreants" often feels more apt that "militants." Don't co