Oh, Sweet Irony

The Nebraska Book Festival has just passed us by. And how did Nebraskans celebrate books? According to the schedule, the penultimate event of the first night was a MOVIE. Now that is the kind of stuff that would make a great story. Oh, sorry, I mean a screenplay.

the should-be-president on the won't-be-president

From Pat Buchanan:

A Giuliani presidency would represent the return and final triumph of the Republicanism that conservatives went into politics to purge from power.

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Rudy offers the right the ultimate Faustian bargain: retention of power at the price of one's soul.