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Why I feel like a vampire bit me
The Sideshow — ... club, our ports are still porous, our chemical plants still poorly guarded, our railways and roadways vulnerable, and our standing in the world has been greatly diminished. But, hey, we now have to take off our sneakers at the airport and can only bring on board three ounces of conditioner.And airport personnel are free to confiscate some of your most valued possessions, for that matter. I hardly call that "safer". Strangely, it's Nora Ephron whose feelings were more like my own: I was, by the way, the least pessimistic person in the room ...

What'd I tell ya?
Corrente — Pay no attention to those men behind the podia. It’s all in the pundits’ hands. (HuffPo link via)

Worth a Second Look
TPMCafe — By the end I was demoralized. I thought Obama had allowed himself to be patronized, of all things, regarding America's Middle Eastern wars, diplomacy (or at least, Dr. Kissinger's view of it), "Russia." It was McCain who spoke of building an "alliance of democracies," for God sake, not Obama, who had told 200,000 in Berlin that he was a citizen of the world. A friend sent me this lament by Nora Ephron, with which, at first, I sadly agreed: I was, by the way, the least pessimistic person in the room where we watched the debate, a room full of blue-state ...