Today's stuff

Christopher Hithens is always an interesting read. His most recent column had a few points I hadn't considered before. I don't at all appreciate his atheism (which is a bit ironic considering his namesake) but he is a fairly fair critic given where he's coming from.


More good news on the economic front...


Poor Arlen Spector. He's the only pro-choice Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the press seems determined to milk that for all its worth. He defends himself in the Wall Street Journal today and does a good job of putting to rest whatever concerns I might have had. If he voted for Rhenquist, Scalia and Thomas, it would stand to reason that he doesn't have a rampant pro-choice agenda for nominees that is so characteristic of most Democrats. Bush put his political clout on the line for Spector in this past election; without Bush's staunch support, he likely wouldn't have been reelected. I doubt Spector will repay that with a Senatorial brick wall.