Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster relief? Who knew, in 2000, that the only bill the president would veto, six years later, would be one on funding stem-cell research? A more accurate term for Mr. Bush's political philosophy might be incontinent conservatism.

The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain.

Who needs evidence when you've got the Internet?

E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.

That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

Christopher Hitchens is the greatest living essayist in the English language.

One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next.