On the eve of the election, I thought I’d once again post something political, just to get the juices flowing. This comes from Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. You know how there are usually only one or two Op-Ed columnists you can stand. He’s the man for me.

Because I know people who don’t have an account hate it when I post New York Times links, I’ll be kind enough to paste the whole article in for you. Just this once. I had it set up a little differently before, but then I realised that no one was going to read it. So now you get the best part up front. I thought it was my responsibility to tell it to you like it is.

Oh, and after you’re done with that, you can waste your time with this.

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If Mr. Bush were a private citizen, I would admire his tenacity, just as I respect Barry Goldwater, Red Sox fans and Flat-Earthers. But for a president, I wish we had a clear-eyed thinker who understood the difference between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, or between a stuffed dog and a stuffed cat.

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