The bottom line is this: Miers is a disappointing pick.

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.

Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged - and yet so empty.

Wait, Wikipedia isn't working? Why hasn't someone invented a paper version of it? A set of books organized alphabetically by topic?

Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time.

In short, I don't root against President Obama because I hate America. I root against President Obama because I hate his vision for America.