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.

Hitting the nail on the head, election edition

This just about sums it up:

In short, Mr. Obama, your political philosophies represent everything that is wrong with our country. You represent the culture of government dependence instead of self reliance; Entitlement mentality instead of personal achievement; Penalization of the successful to reward the unmotivated; Political correctness instead of open mindedness and open debate. If you are successful, you may preside over the final transformation of America from being the greatest and most self-reliant culture on earth, to just another country of whiners and wimps, who sit around looking to the government to solve their problems.

Awesome VP pick by McCain

Were I Palin, I'd first point out that balancing the budget of a working family with five kids gives her more experience than Obama in relating to families out there.

Palin runs a state; Obama runs his mouth.

This is Buffalo politics, in a nutshell:

Mesi is the only political candidate I know who has admitted to a serious brain injury before running for office. Some might call that a prerequisite.

Budd Bailey

God Help Us

Richard Danzig, who served as navy secretary under the former president Bill Clinton and is tipped to become national security adviser in an Obama White House, told a foreign policy conference in Washington... "Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security."

We can't win, so why try?

Life Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad?

At a time when there exists a sense of crisis over the economy, fuel prices and many other issues, this reinforces the odd, two realities of life in the United States today: The way we are, and the way we think we are. The way we are could use some work, but overall, is pretty good. The way we think we are is terrible, horrible, awful. Possibly worse.

Life Is Good, So Why Do We Feel So Bad?