Guess where I'll be in about four hours...

Despite our desperate need to believe the world's greatest democracy didn't elect an idiot to lead the free world, George W. Bush really is as dumb as he seems, writes Jonathan Chait.

How's this for geeky: I signed up to be in a spring video game league for Tribes 2. Hopefully, my team will prove a lot more successful than my softball team.

Another 5-4 decision that splits the high court's conservatives and liberals. It's only gonna get worse, people, when W. starts making appointments.

From today's Slate: "By this standard, Quebec City might be a turning point. OK, it's small and cute, but it is in Canada, which means that by definition it isn't cool."

Man, I love anti-canadian sentiment.

Exactly.

And now he's backing down from his previous hard-line and incredibly stupid stance on Alaskan refuge oil drilling. It looks like W.'s learning what "balance of power" means.