[andyfox]

How about: "...then you are a committed liberal and will probably be one for life".

-Yeah, I expected that, as I got older, I would become more conservative. Hasn't happened much, except on some social issues.

Weird tidbits:

Strange but true (more or less): In college and until I reached my mid twenties, I was to the left of John Cole politically. I used to be smarter than him too.

-I went the other way: I was pretty conservative through college (I got out in 1973) and went the other way in my mid-twenties. I was never smarter than John.

BTW, another favorite pundit is Michael Kelly. He is almost as good as George Will IMO. On this topic, I would love to here your recommendations for a reading list of pundits on the left least likely to make my retch. Avoid shrill voices if possible ;-).

-No one in particular. I read eclectically: Atlantic Monthly, which I know you read, is great; The New Yorker; The Nation for left views. I like Robert Scheer's stuff in the Times, but that may qualify for your retch list.

Lastly, why would anybody be a Rick Nebiolo fan? I'm not even a Rick Nebiolo fan.

-You're missing something really good.

Regards,
Andy