“I don’t know about you, but I think American children who need medical care should get it, period. Even if you think adults have made bad choices — a baseless smear in the case of the Frosts, but put that on one side — only a truly vicious political movement would respond by punishing their injured children.”

Fifty years ago today the Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite into orbit, forcing a generation of humanities brains like mine to endure all those incomprehensible math and science courses.

Groundhog Day, Virginia Style: Suddenly it’s 2005 again.

Take a look at PC World’s list of “The 10 Funniest Sites on the Internet”. I had visited “The Institute of Official Cheer” previously, but “Mullets Galore” was a new experience.

. . . Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day.

This time.

Drake, Democratic colleagues tour different Iraqs
Drake says “the surge is working,” while a fellow traveler says “the surge is a failure.”

Could it be that the headline writers at the Daily Press actually didn’t know the origin of the phrase “fellow traveler”?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_9hhifF_k

A great story about Richmond Sunlight, which in the past six months has done more to open up General Assembly members’ bills and votes to public access than has been seen in the previous several hundred years. Maybe the publicity will draw the reclusive Sage of Charlottesville out of his shell. And maybe he’ll teach Kris and me how to wrap text around pictures.

Talking Points Memo comments on the latest indication that the Mother of Presidents may be beyond childbearing years.

Also, a poetic sendoff.