Monday Morning
The weekend has passed and once again the LRB will be an active repository of my thoughts on the events of the day.
First, a sporting note, the Tar Heels lost their first game of the year to the Santa Clara Broncos. Being a fan, it is easy to imagine them being worth the high praise they've received this pre-season, yet as a realist, one must accept that it will take a while before the Heels have earned such a ranking. They played poorly in all aspects of the game. Time will tell if they are a team or a group of highly skilled individual players. Tonight the Tar Heels face BYU in Maui.
Second, on Saturday the President made a bit of a news splash by pulling a Secret Service agent from a fracus where Chilean agents where preventing at least some components of his detail from moving with him. Like many of those writing about the incident, I would echo the sentiment that it is nice to have a man capable of such a move in the White House, yet I have to admit that it makes me question his judgement to do so.
The Homespun Bloggers have completed their first Symposium question. It dealt with the Electoral College and drew some interesting responses, 9 thus far. The second question is now posted at Homespun, it deals with the divide in America.
