Mr. Lileks, though I haven't heard you mention it lately, all that hopping up and down on your Wii has really paid off.  Hope your teeth feel better soon.

I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but those are some pretty shaky looking Indians.  The firewater must have been flowing pretty free and loose...

(Horrors - how un-PC of me!)

An acquaintance of mine is of mixed ancestry; mother French (several generations in the Americas, but not the U.S.) and father Greek.  She barely knew her father at all as a child and had no contact with him whatsoever as an adult.  Seeking to get into post-graduate school, she discovered an obscure scholarship for children of Greek ancestry wishing to pursue her desired advanced degree.  Overnight she went from being a typical American to a Greek, including changing her last name to Papa-something-or-other.  She got the scholarship.

(I've filed off the serial numbers in my description to some extent, since I am not looking to make trouble for her by making it easy for someone to figure out who I'm talking about .  The story is true.)

...which I misread as "I'm looking to send two kids to college for about 10 years."

Sorry.  As an aged college student two weeks before final exams it just feels that way.

Obama might propose it out of desperation, since there would likely be some who vote for Hillary if not for him.

Hillary would turn it down because she is not that desperate.

"Say what you will about Romney, but at least he didn't eat the poor S.O.B."

(Kind of long for a bumper sticker.)

People who are going straight or turning left who won't pull up 1.5" to allow you to make a "right turn on red" when there is no one coming either way on the cross street.

Non-Partisan:  When the rest of the Republican party is as RINO as she is.  Sorry, but I'd rather have a clear choice between two distinct parties than the non-choice of two parties who both think exactly alike.

As for her voting record, she always struck me as being similar to the double-agent in a spy movie who goes along with the side he's buffaloing on the little things in order to not blow his cover - and thereby be in position to do some harm when it really counts.

Don't forget that here in Ohio we have a decent chance to replace the most liberal member of the Senate - Sherrod Brown.  That might count as a two-fer in the grand scheme of things.

Great story, which I would have never heard about were it not for my friends on Ricochet.  Thanks very much for this, Mr. Carter.

Best wishes to all for the new year.

How beautiful.  Human beings never cease to amaze me.

Either an unfortunate homophone or you snuck one in on us...

Did lightning just strike twice?  Depends, indeed.  Well, He was fully God and fully human.

I came for the highbrow music, but stayed for the standup comedy.  :-D

Lost in all the hubbub about the Union issue was the fact that - by a larger margin than the Union issue vote - Ohio voters passed another issue which in effect declares Obamacare toothless in the state.  While it may end up being merely symbolic, depending on Supreme Court action, it provides ammo for those petitioning the Supremes to declare the individual mandate unconstitutional.

As for the Union folks, since there is no money to pay them what they want the only alternative looks to be significant layoffs.  Losing your job because you are unwilling to pay even 15% of your own health insurance premium may not look like a smart move in the long run.

Don't know how true it is, but here's a funny story I heard during my history-major days:

Coolidge regularly irritated the press by giving a stock "no comment" answer to practically every question put to him.  As one press conference was winding down - in which nearly every question received the standard "no comment" reply,  the reporters were clearly showing their frustration.  When the last question came, Coolidge offered yet another "no comment", then gave them all a conspiratorial look and beckoned them nearer.  Thinking they were about to get a scoop, they eagerly gathered around him, at which point he added "and don't quote me on that".

Hey!  The good people of Cleveland have feelings too!

(I know, because I asked the other three and we all agree.)

Dennis Kucinich, my congressman...