The middle part of the country - the great red zone that voted for Bush - is clearly ready for war. The decadent Left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead - and may well mount what amounts to a fifth column.

The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day.

...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.

When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum."

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

I watched Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle. Good grief. What whining weenies.

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.