Whew.  As I type still wait­ing for a House vote on the debt ceil­ing.  Am I going to take a vic­tory lap for cor­rectly say­ing on Mon­day that Boehner did not have the votes?  Nope — it is really too dis­heart­en­ing for words, as we still hur­tle towards chaos. DC loves its sum­mer dra­mas, but ... more

The lunacy has at last roused me out of my stu­por. I’m going to inau­gu­rate my new blog next week, but thought I’d actu­ally stretch my legs with a brief rant today, then vow to spend the rest of the week on my Dan Sav­age rebut­tal – or addenda. So today, the lat­est talks have ... more

There are days when it does not suck to be a keep-it-small, work at home some­times, con­sul­tant.  Today is the day.  The Ridge­back is pounc­ing at a blue jay, the mos­qui­toes have not found me some­how, and the Drive-By-Truckers (http://drivebytruckers.com/) are play­ing at a pleas­antly loud vol­ume.  Fin­ish­ing some client reports that are not even ... more

tired. Left DC 50 scant hours ago, when my car mea­sured an out­side tem­per­a­ture of 100 degrees while glid­ing (wait. crawl­ing.) across the Potomac. Mid­west rainy and 50s. Back to the lovely NYC, which had the most beau­ti­ful spring night ever on Thurs­day. Did exhaust­ing yet sat­is­fy­ing work with peo­ple I like. Crossed a burn­ing ... more