American hero. For all of Michael Moore’s bloated, furniture-bumping, sweatsoaked girth, he’ll never be half the man this guy was. RIP. **** [Update: Juliette offers her thoughts]

Writing in Reason, Cathy Young bemoans the partisanship of the 9/11 commission, then points to one of the most interesting tidbits to emerge from the proceedings, which she notes has received very little press coverage: One startling fact to emerge from the 9/11 hearings is that, apparently, the Federal Aviation Administration hits airlines with fines if more than two people of the same ethnic background are subjected to extra scrutiny

Charles Krauthammer, distilling John Kerry’s Iraq policy down to vinegar: “If I’m president,” John Kerry said, “I will not only personally go to the U.N., I will go to other capitals.” For Kerry, showing up at Kofi Annan’s doorstep and sweeping through allied capitals is no rhetorical flourish, no strategic sideshow. It is the essence of his Iraq plan: “Within weeks of being inaugurated, I will return to the U.N.

Dear Jeff: I found your web journal while doing a Google search for ‘whatever happened to Keisha Knight Pulliam?’ (don’t ask) and I just wanted to let you know I liked very much what I read here. 80s music most definitely rocks! I’ll be back! Now, go make me a turkey pot pie! With kind regards (and don’t you, forget about me!) Judd Nelson PS. I support the troops! Thanks,

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