En Passant

Who'd have thought that the same company

would own Slim Jim and Hebrew National?
Query: Does that mean you can no longer drink milk with your Slim Jim?

Some might say that her quote is hard to swallow

On Fox News today, a female commentator was asked about the effect of the Bill Clinton affair with Monica Lewinsky:
Her response: "It left a bitter taste in my mouth."

There is absolutely no doubt

that a healthcare law, in some form, will be signed into law in the year 2010.

The decision to try war criminals in U.S. civil courts

will be looked upon as one of the biggest mistakes of the Obama administration.

Great correction in today's New York Times

"An article on Monday about difficulties for Muslims serving in the American armed forces described incorrectly the background of Michael A. Monsoor, a member of the Navy Seals. Mr. Monsoor was a Christian of Lebanese and Irish descent, not a Muslim."

Amazing how CNN commentators repeatedly brand the Fort Hood killer as a loner,

while FoxNews commentators repeatedly brand him as a terrorist.

In one New York weekend --

Halloween, the Marathon, and the World Series.  Wow.

I'm in Costco Heaven.

I can see Costco (in Long Island City) from my Manhattan apartment, I can drive to Costco in 10 minutes from my summer home near the Canadian border, and a new Costco is opening this month in Manhattan within walking distance.  I no longer have to take the subway to Brooklyn.

With Google trading at about 550,

the media are ooh-ing and ah-ing a buy recommendation this morning, with a target of 700.
Yet if Google were trading at 55, with the same market capitalization, no one would marvel at a target of 70.

Because he pushed through a health plan as governor,

Mitt Romney will never become President of the United States.