…so says my lovely wife. I don’t know exactly what that means – after all, I’ve never promoted myself as some paragon of virtue – but just to make sure everyone gets a little of something in this post…

This is one of the most concise and thoughtful argument against government-run health care I’ve ever read. Feel free to pass it around.

I think Jeff Jacoby is right here. Senator Kennedy has done his time, and while I’ve seldom agreed with him on anything politically, he has served his causes well. But a man has to know his limitations and when it’s time to say sayonara….

Did you see the replay on this? Just goes to show you that anything can happen in baseball. Amazing.

Right now I’m pretty sick of the Boston Red Sox. The end of the season can’t come soon enough. ‘Scuze me while I take a break from watching them for a while. They disgust me.

The Democrats can certainly do this if they want to – they certainly can, given their majority in both houses of Congress – but personally I think it would be a big mistake politically.

The pool is back up to 92 degrees tonight, which makes me realize that summer around here ain’t going nowhere yet. I’m tired of the heat. I’m tied of the sun. I’m tired of the desert. But what do I know? After all, I used to have an open mind.