Happy Irrational New Year!

I really try to be optimistic about things early in the year, and then I see that the Calgary Herald today features eight bloody pages of horoscopes. Weren’t there at least some sightings of the virgin Mary in refrigerator mold they could have thrown in for some variety?

But, in a world where the defenders of a horrible war argue that “Iraq is a far better place, if only for the moment potentially,” “Capturing Bin Laden is a success that hasn’t occurred yet,” and that Democrats are to blame for the war…it seems sadly appropriate.