more random tidbits

• Great article called I Married a Republican from the New York Times. Read the entire thing. The punchline is at the end (and worth it). Of course, it proves my contention about things that can bring us together in a fractured political landscape.

• William F. Buckley was the Last True Conservative. He shaped a movement which left him behind.

• Which candidate is the greenest? Click here for analysis.

• my pet peeves. From McSweeney's.

• Time magazine on the question of experience for Obama ("Experience, in other words, gets its value from the person who has it. In certain lives, a little goes a long way. Some people grow and ripen through years of government service; others spoil on the vine.")