Atlantis is in orbit. I sat at my desk and watched it rise on its glorious fountain of fire yesterday morning, as has been my habit. (Ever since Columbia went up for the first time, the day after my tenth birthday, I haven’t generally missed space shuttle launches and landings.) The return of Atlantis is … Read more
“I’ve asked leaders of both parties and both houses of Congress to come here to the White House on Thursday so we can build on the work that’s already been done and drive towards a final agreement. It’s my hope that everybody is going to leave their ultimatums at the door, that we’ll all leave … Read more
I am irrationally exuberant about the number 144. It’s a perfect square, which turns me on anyway, but that it’s the square of a number as special as 12 makes it all the more profound. It’s a gross. It’s a dozen dozen. All of the ins and outs of the 3s and 4s are just … Read more