I'm A Former Red Sox Fan, Now

The Iraquis Can See It. The Kurds Can Feel It. The Jihadists Are Counting On It.

Loyalty To The President Is Great, But Loyalty To Truth, Integrity, And Country Is Even Better.

Baseball Is A Slow, Boring, Complex, Cerebral Game That Doesn't Lend Itself To Histrionics. You "take In" A Baseball Game, Something Odd To Say About A Football Or Basketball Game, With The Clock Running And The Bodies Flying.

Guerrilla War Is A Test Of Wills. Obama's Actual Objectives - Rollback In Iraq, Containment In Syria - Are Not Unreasonable. But They Require Commitment And Determination. In Other Words, Will. You Can't Just Make One Speech Declaring War, Then Disappear And Go Fundraising.

After Endless Days Of Commuting On The Freeway To An Antiseptic, Sealed-window Office, There Is A Great Urge To Backpack In The Woods And Build A Fire.