I predict that Rita Cosby’s MSNBC show is going to be cancelled very shortly.

We had ourselves a little earthquake in Boston today. I spilled my coffee all over my hand in the office. These two events were not connected.

I know, I know, Pat Buchanan is a polarizing figure. But I often share a great deal of his libertarian-conservative views. He wrote a great column today in Human Events which is deserving of a read whether you like the guy or not.

Excerpt:

Thus, in March, 2003, Bush, in perhaps the greatest strategic blunder in U.S. history, invaded an Arab nation that had not attacked us, did not want war with us, and did not threaten us—to strip it of weapons we now know it did not have.

Result: Shia and Kurds have been liberated from Saddam, but Iran has a new ally in southern Iraq, Osama has a new base camp in the Sunni Triangle, the Arab and Islamic world have been radicalized against the United States, and copy-cat killers of Al Qaida have been targeting our remaining allies in Europe and the Middle East: Spain, Britain, Egypt and Jordan. And, lest we forget, 2055 Americans are dead and Walter Reed is filling up.

True to the neoconservative creed, Bush launched a global crusade for democracy that is now bringing ever closer to power Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria, and Shia fundamentalists in Baghdad and Basra.

Democratic imperialism is still imperialism. To Arab and Islamic peoples, whether the Crusaders come in the name of God or in the name of democracy, they are still Crusaders.

Full column is here.

“The only person who could go into the Oval Office and tell him to fire Karl Rove … is Karl Rove.” – Howard Feinman on MSNBC’s Hardball

“This is not a White House that goes about ‘clearing the air’.” – Evan Thomas, ibid.

Gave my portfolio site a face lift tonight. Before, it looked too much like I want to do commercial photography, which I really don’t. The three princesses are a bit more apropos, because I want to try to focus specifically on fashion photography and growing into a fashion photographer.  The idea of controlling an editorial concept, casting, wardrobe, etc. etc. and telling a story that way is really fun, and I’m hoping to do a lot more of it.

Next up, maybe: putting it inside a frame, with a meta-menu up top, so that I can get a little more text functionality.

My friends will tell you I’m not very shy about reminding people I was right about something. However, it’s much better when the New York Times does it for me.