Thursday, June 12, 2008

Craving for real nobility

Care to guess the identity of the red-haired maven who typed this paragraph for the NYT:


In a culture obsessed with entertainment, celebrity, buzz, spin, market share, synergy, gestures, decaf skim lattes and cigar bars, we feel diminished and puny. We have developed a craving for real nobility, large principles, passions with scale and profound commitments.



That would be the same cracked pot who yesterday predicted wife-bashing of yet another Presidential candidate is about to begin:


It’s good news for Obama that Hillary’s out of the race. But it’s also bad news. Now Republicans can turn their full attention to demonizing Michelle Obama. Mrs. Obama is the new, unwilling contestant in Round Two of the sulfurous national game of “Kill the witch.”