George W. Bush Will Surely Deserve That

I Can't Believe That Hillary Clinton Wants The World To Think That Whenever She Gets Into Political Trouble, She's Going To Have Her Husband Come Roaring About, Breaking Furniture, Sucking Up Oxygen, Spewing Carbon Dioxide. My Impression Is That She's Strong Enough To Defend Herself - She Certainly Showed That In The Recent Democratic Debate. But Apparently She's Not Strong Enough To Control Mr. Bill. And If That's The Case, Any Sane Voter Would Have To Think Twice Before Enabling This Sort Of Circus Act In The White House.

The Two-war Strategy Was A Product Of The Cold War, When We Had To Have The Ability To Fight The Russians On The Plains Of Europe And Fight The Chinese On The Korean Peninsula At The Same Time. That Costs An Awful Lot Of Money.

Bill Clinton Gives The Appearance Of Taking Stands-for Some Sort Of Tax Cut, Some Sort Of Welfare Reform, Some Sort Of Balanced Budget-but These Are Ploys, Mirages: They Exist Only To Undermine Positions Taken By The Republicans. He Doesn't Fight For Anything Substantive-except Of Course, Re-election. ...he Has Fallen Into The Dangerous Habit Of Lip Synching The Presidency: He Gives The Appearance Of Leadership, But Not The Substance.

For Those Of Us Who Consider Ourselves Political Moderates, Life Is A Dispiriting Slog, A Sorry Mix Of Rectitude And Ineptitude.

What Do You Do In A Novel? You Take Recognizable Characters From Your Own Life, And You Fantasize About What They're Really Like.