Douthat, Palin, Yeah Yeah Yeah

I was going to write something about Ross Douthat's NY Times column about Sarah Palin because it was so --wrong. Then I figured someone else would say at least some of what I wanted to say about it and Andrew Sullivan would have everyone saying everything about it it. I was right. There's also this by Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post. (via Sullivan originally, the whole thing is worth reading.)

Books for Barack

OK. So I'm clearly having some trouble working this morning. Over at Not Quite Sure, I read about Ayelet Waldman's brainchild Books 4 Barack. Check it out.

On Politics

OK, so I couldn't resist a quick trip to Andrew Sullivan before I started working on the preschool newsletter.  Mr. Sullivan had a link to conservative commentator George Will's Washington Post column.  I recommend reading the whole thing; it's always good to catch up on the other side, especially when presented by such a considered thinker. If you can't, here's the kicker:

"It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency.  It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. Unreadiness can be corrected, although perhaps at great cost, by experience.  Can a dismaying temperament be fixed?"