"What if the U. S. Treasury defaults?" Well, I know whom I'll hold at fault. I've had it with Senators telling me how serious it would be it they can't raise the debt ceiling. It's not their credit they're abusing.

We've got to stop letting Obama read Scientific American.

Oh, to have E. B. White again!

A little pig named Cinders owned by Andrew and Debbie Keeble of Thirsk in Britain has mysophobia, a fear of dirt and would not join her brothers and sisters in the mud, until they fitted her with a pair of tiny rubber boots, i.e. Wellingtons. No word of any spelling spiders or talking rats, however. The basic story is there, though. Could a children's book be far behind?

The myth of the press's intellectual superiority.

Uh-oh. This has been my biggest worry about 2012. Conservatives have this perfectionist problem, but the perfect conservative will not appeal to the critical independent swing voters who gave the Tea Party Movement such power. If conservatives don't quit beating their chests and demanding perfection, they'll wake up in 2013 with President Obama serving his second term.