Hey, munchkins. I think…

Hey, munchkins. I think I've said everything I have to say about the current crisis, at least for now. I'm going out of town this afternoon, and won't be back 'til Sunday night -- my writing department is having a retreat down in Southern Utah. Camping, hiking, no communication with the outside world. Lots of writing. Probably a fair bit of drinking. Sounds like exactly what I need right now.

In the interim, I encourage you to read foreign reportage on all this. Fascinating stuff -- if we get anything positive out of all this, it may be that Americans get just a little bit more educated about what we're actually doing, out there in the wide world. If you're interested but not sure where to start, Zak has put together a nice list.

Take care of yourselves. I'll talk to you soon.

11:00 -- had to pop back in and point you to this rather funny article on how Clinton upstaged Bush...