The most shocking thing about McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin is that he only met her once or twice before deciding that she was qualified to serve as the most powerful leader on Earth.
Now, he’s asking us to get to know her in fewer than 70 days.
As conservative Andrew Sullivan writes to a conflicted McCain […]
I thought Joe Biden gave an effective acceptance speech last night, and one section resonated with me personally. I’ve been taking AmTrak between Washington and New York quite a lot in the past year. In fact, I’m taking a train tonight.
There’s truth in the romanticism of train travel. You wind through cities and neighborhoods and […]
Scene: Cohen dinner table earlier. Son approaches father, Pokeman card in hand.
Son: Daddy, look, my friend gave me a Pokeman card at camp.
Me: Cool, I like it.
Son: I need 15 of them to play. You can buy more cards for me. They don’t cost very much. They are very, very cheap.
Me: If they don’t […]