I'm just back from Boston, belly of the so-called liberal elite. I was in the Back Bay, where they have a cleverly designed indoor mall making it pretty much completely unecessary for a convention goer to ever step foot outside (which was good because it was -10 windchill and it snowed 2 inches). On the train home, I started What's the Matter with Kansas; I'm loving it. Great book. More on that soon.

Here's Barbara Boxer questioning Condoleeza Rice yesterday. I have to admit I love this. But as the NYT points out, it's mostly political theater.

Look at this:

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-Calif.)
predicted yesterday that partisan warfare over Social Security will quickly
render President Bush's plan "a dead horse" and called on Congress to
undertake a broader review of the problems of an aging nation.