Yes, I know—there haven't been any updates 'round these parts for a good long while. I've been busy working on this interminable piece for The New Republic about Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. So, enjoy.

Er... as for the fate of this here blog, well, it will either die an unremarkable death over the next few months or else I'll get inspired and start posting about Tuvalu's climate refugees, who are wondering just where the hell it is they're supposed to go if their country disappears beneath the sea. Or whatever else.