Finally. Some hope and change I can get behind… (thanks to JD Wade)

Which, that’s a good thing. Byron York: Republicans don’t believe it, or at least the insiders involved in the midterm effort don’t believe it. As they see it, they’re in a good position to pick up the 39 seats needed to win control of the House, but polls showing a huge GOP lead are simply wrong. “I’m assuming that Cook and Rothenberg and Rove and the others have got different

The irony. It burns. Hey, I’m not a big fan of legalizing prostitution — but then, I wouldn’t protest a Nevada brothel with a hired gimp buckled on to my joint, either. (Okay, I lied. I am. And I would. But you get the point…)

AP: A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips on Thursday granted a request for an injunction halting the government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays in the military. Phillips says the policy doesn’t help military readiness and instead has a “direct and deleterious effect” on the armed services. […] Government lawyers argued Phillips

Barton Hinkle offers a new modest proposal: The latest issue of Time purports to explain “Why Israel Doesn’t Care About Peace.” (Hint: Blame the money-grubbing Jews!) There will be earnest efforts to point out why this is nonsense, but they will fall on deaf ears. These days a defense of Israel requires stronger measures. And perhaps nothing could do Israel more good than for the United States to declare war