That magical time of year

I have no doubt that that parent is miserably thinking about how her kids will feel when all their classmates have new Christmas presents, and they have nothing to show. What makes me mad is that we've created an environment where the most magical thing that can happen to a child is to be given a few pieces of plastic glued together in China.

Megan McArdle

Good news from Baghdad, but who will report it?

The war is over, and we won.

Should make it easier for The Chosen One to please his MoveOn overlords. Think he'll thank anyone, or will he take all the credit for himself? Don't think too hard.