I’ve made peace with the fact that I’m probably not going to be a multimillionaire. Oh, I still hold out the hope that somehow I’ll figure out a way to get $10,000 for a dinner speech, or otherwise find my way to piles of money for just being myself. But realistically, it wasn’t a big … Read more
Sarah Palin will decide the election tomorrow night. I called her selection a political master stroke, and I still believe that. However, since then, the McCain campaign has done almost nothing correct with her. The constraints on her have been rarely defensible and mostly ridiculous. Palin’s greatest strengths are her charisma and her background. To … Read more
I had a post mostly ready to go tonight—just needing a little polish, really—but my priorities have shifted rather radically since I arrived home. You see, I have received an EMERGENCY TELEGRAM from Arizona senator and Republican presidential nominee John McCain. As you can see, it is EXTREMELY URGENT and, should, therefore, occupy my full … Read more