PLUS two nifty articles from the Wall Street Journal Online:

King and Country
The Hashemite solution for Iraq.

BY BERNARD LEWIS AND R. JAMES WOOLSEY

Which comes out in favor of a Constitutional Monarchy, my Favorite type of government, and:

The 90-Minute Hate
Was that a Democratic debate or a Republican campaign ad?
BY DOROTHY RABINOWITZ

Yet another take on the recent nasty-pants show in Detroit. In sales long ago, they taught us not to spend any time running down the competition. Working in Purchasing, I found that vendors who said snarky things about the others did poorly. The...and I am hesitating here between "jokers" and "bastards" and find that either term is too good for these professional dickheads...haven't gotten this yet. I'd be happy to see (and vote for) a Democrat who ran on the First Amendment and the Fourth too, but that would call for more integrity than any of the "candidates" have shown thus far.