For Those Of Us Who Consider Ourselves

George W. Bush Will Surely Deserve That Woolliest Of All Peace Prizes, The Nobel.

For The Past Several Years, I've Been Harboring A Fantasy, A Last Political Crusade For The Baby-boom Generation. We, Who Started On The Path Of Righteousness, Marching For Civil Rights And Against The War In Vietnam, Need To Find An Appropriately High-minded Approach To Life's Exit Ramp.

The Democrats Current Crudeness Is A Function Of Their Desperation, And The Imminent Ratification Of Howard Dean, The Least Charming Presidential Candidate In Recent Memory, As Their Party Chairman Only Serves To Punctuate The Problem.

Political Courage Requires Clarity. The Obama Administration Chose The Tortured Route Of Arguing The Legality Of The Individual Mandate Via The Interstate Commerce Clause For One Simple Reason: It Did Not Want To Take The Political Risk Of Allowing Opponents To Call It A Tax Increase. That Was Stupid. The Republicans Were Calling It A Tax Increase Anyway.

I Came To Political Consciousness With John F. Kennedy's Magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It Seemed The Start Of Something Fresh And Exciting, And It Was.