You’re right, I should be.  Sorry.

Nope.  Not behind my sofa cushions—though I did find a few disciples of the Jesus Skittle. At least, I think they’re His disciples; they have the beards and that same beatific glow, but I suppose they could just be a bunch of nicely-tanned southern rocker Skittles.  After all, it’s not like I haven’t pulled a hungover, whisky-soaked Marshall Tucker Band out of there on more than one occasion… Developing…

From the AP The state attorney general [of TN] wants the country singer who made the song “Redneck Woman” a hit to stop “glamorizing” the use of smokeless tobacco at her concerts. State officials said Gretchen Wilson can be seen on concert jumbo screens pulling a can of Skoal from her pocket while performing her new song, “Skoal Ring.” That may violate the 1998 settlement between states and tobacco companies

Lump on a Blog sees important differences between the Afghan and Iraq constitutions: The role of Islam is also a source of contention, which I address here. Many point out the Afghan constitution and the greater role allowed Islam in that country as proof we pessimists are over-reacting—but the comparison itself is flawed. The people of Afghanistan were empowered by a strong American response that enjoyed international and—more importantly in

Via Eric Pfeiffer, NRO’s “The Buzz”: It feels like a waste of space to even be mentioning this, but Al Sharpton is coming to Crawford on Sunday. So are a group of Neo-Nazis. Like the protesters say, they really do have “support” from all corners of this nation. Although it’s a slightly different story when you take a look at just who is supporting your cause. I see.  A bit

From The Weekly Standard’s “Scrapbook” (Aug 29) comes this amusing bit: “Theorists have posited,” the American Political Science Association mordantly observes, “that under the proper conditions democratic decision-making will produce fair and just social outcomes.” But, hey, theory is for nerds. Bottom line is, it’s “clearer today than it has been for decades that the struggle for democracy” is incomplete and fraught with risk, even—perhaps especially—in “established democracies” like you-know-where,

Michael Barone, on the Iraqi constitution: Many in mainstream media profess to be fearful that the constitution will lead to theocracy in Iraq. [Clinton administration Ambassador Peter] Galbraith, who has been scathingly critical of the Bush administration on many counts, and [former CIA agent and American Enterprise Institute scholar Reuel Marc] Gerecht, who has been critical on occasion also, disagree. They make the point that Iraqis are not necessarily going