I’ll say this about September here in the Valley of the Sun: it reminds me of August back home in New England. The days are hot, but not like 110 hot, but it’s the humidity that you notice. The pool is starting to cool down (it’s now a refreshing 86 degrees) and the nights are as well, although you’d be hard-pressed to start calling the nights “cool”. Better to call them cooler, which, I guess, is not saying much. Anyways, we have a hurricane lurking off the Baja that is going to bring in some moisture over the next few days. Anytime there is rain in the forecast you won’t hear me complain.

A few other thoughts:

Can you imagine, say, Tiger Woods doing this kind of thing after winning a tournament like the Deutschebank Championship? It’s just another example of why Rickie is so popular with golf fans and the media alike. He’s a genuine good guy who has really picked his game up in the past year. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him win a major next year, and I think a Masters green jacket would look pretty awesome on him.

Is there a politician more disliked than Hillary Clinton these days? Beyond the fact that she’s as phony as a three-dollar bill, her latest comments about the e-mail and national security scandal she finds herself immersed in shows that: a) she’s completely clueless about the implications of her actions, b) she knows exactly what’s going on and she’s lying her wide pantsuited-ass off in a pathetic attempt to keep her campaign above ater, or c) Both. I’m guessing c. Seriously, I don’t see her campaign lasting through the New Year. She’s beyond damaged goods and the Democrats must know they’re going to have to orchestrate something to make her drop out of the race.

Jonah Goldberg and the good folks at National Review Online are wondering why conservatives like myself are Supporting Donald Trump’s campaign for the GOP nomination. Conservative Treehouse articulates it better than I ever could but here is the basic gist: I’m sick of the GOP establishment and the John Boehners, John McCains, Mitt Romneys, and Mitch McConnells. What’s the point of electing Republicans if all they do is lay down and support the status quo? These are a bunch of gutless, spineless weasels that have to go, and while I’m not sure Donald Trump stands for everything I hold dear as a conservative, I guarantee he’s going to shake up the status quo in Washington. He’s not going to put up with the gross ineptitude and corruption that Washington stands for, and I will celebrate the end of the GOP as it now exists were Trump (win or lose) to get the GOP nomination. Burn it down and let’s start from scratch, I say.

Nice try, Joe. That message might work as an opposition party candidate but riddle me this: what party has held the White House the last 6 1/2 years?