Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

I expect that at any moment, cable news channels will begin displaying a countdown clock, ticking off the minutes until Saddam Hussein is put to death. I’m not a big fan of the death penalty, not specifically for  [more...]

So, today's crazy tour de force: the nuts are up in arms because the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is giving a speech at a high school (Wakefield, my father's alma mater and my neighborhood high school before I moved  [more...]

“I think the will of the American people is consistent with letting it expire, so it will expire,” says majority leader Frist. Like Mr. Bush, he must not read the paper or watch the news. At last count, 68%  [more...]