Conceptual Coffee

Anecdote from Cormac McCarthy’ sheriff in No Country for Old Men:

“I got set next to this woman, she was the wife of somebody or other… She kept on, kept on. Finally told me, said: ‘I don’t like the way this country is headed. I want my granddaughter to be able to have an abortion.’ And I said, ‘Well mam, I don’t think you got any worries about the way the country is headed. I’m goin to say that not only will she be able to have an abortion, she’ll be able to have you put to sleep.’ Which pretty much ended the conversation.”

Hugh Hewitt has the right idea about Judge Sotomayor’s nomination. GOP Senate reps need to be careful.

A North Korean newspaper stated today that U.S. sanctions toward N.K. were “like striking a rock with a rotten egg.” Which is actually a pretty good analogy. North Korea as a political institution is not exactly sound, but qualifies as rocklike in what are, right now, the most important respects: they’ve got all the weapons they need to kill South Koreans, and they aren’t slowed down by starving civilians. And we’ve got a rotten egg in the White House.

I feel little shivers of pity going up Chris Matthews’ leg. Today’s lesson: if you don’t want to die, don’t buy that extra lettuce with your government expense account. Don’t do it.