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 dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq. The best bet is that the president doesn't actually know what's happening there, is cocooned from reality, has no one in his high-level staff able to tell him what's actually happening, and has created a culture of denial and loyalty that makes fixing mistakes or holding people accountable all but impossible.

I'm not one of these people who thinks everybody's gay.

We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.

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

Every generation is born into, for the most part, a heterosexual family.