John McCain rather famously said once that "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book." -12/18/07. McCain tried denying that he said that, and similar things, over the years, but the record of his statements is hard to overcome. So McCain seems to have resigned himself to acknowledging the quotes but quibbling about what they really indicate about his knowledge.

What do you need in a country where the law is almost nonexistent, horrific car bombs explode on a daily basis, and buying a loaf of bread can be the last act you ever try to perform? A good, solid seat belt law, of course.

Since his arrival in the U.S., the Pope has broached the subject of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in several contexts. He's admitted his "shame" for the perpetrators of the abuse. He's acknowledged that the scandal was, in some instances, "badly handled." But he just can't seem to publicly acknowledge the role that Church as a whole, and this Pope in particular, played in the concealment and continuation of that widespread sexual abuse.

My father had an old saying: "If ya hurl a rock into a pack of yapping mutts, the one's hollar is the one ya hit!"

No kidding, sir. Seems a new bill in Congress has both banks and credit card goons yapping...

You've probably read by now about how Kentucky Republican Congressman Geoff Davis referred to Obama as "that boy" in a speech he gave to a Republican audience in Kentucky over the weekend.

It seems pretty likely now that the one and only Bob Barr, formerly of the House, will seek the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. That's probably disappointing to the many Ron Paul fans who wanted Paul to run as a Libertarian, but, hey, you can't have everything. At least the racists are likely to be just as happy with Barr as they would have been with Paul.

Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten, one of the funniest journalists I've ever read, won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing yesterday, honored for a piece in which world-class violinist Joshua Bell played incognito at a DC Metro station and drew little reaction among most of the philistine passers-by. It's an entertaining piece that's completely unworthy of the Prize because Weingarten engineered the stunt.

In today's White House press briefing, Tony Fratto said at least twice that the administration had shed its "rose colored glasses" on Iraq, and was now taking a clear view of the situation there.

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What happens when you adopt criminal laws that put 1% of your adult population behind bars? Your correction costs explode. What happens when your correction costs explode during a recession/depression/slowdown/correction? You open up the prison doors and let your convicts run free.

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