Michael Barone's emails are better than most columns. He writes to Glenn Reynolds about the way FDR galvanized the nation with a call to "absolute victory." Of course, he could get away with that. He was a Democrat. If it had been Hoover, we'd still be arguing about whether he'd made the case.


They've been coasting on FDR's memory and the myth of the Republican fat cat billionaire far too long. It's time that Americans grew up and started being truly independent, instead of expecting cradle-to-grave welfare and no intrusion on our freedom to do whatever the hell we please and no watching us while you protect us from the terrorists.