I love Paul Ryan.  Here’s someone who has hitched his wagon to the Romney horse (lame though it may be) and is all gung ho and ready to “energize” the base, and make the Romney campaign relevant to young people and to…well…BRING IT! Yes those immortal words from the fitness guru du jour Tony Horton, ...

As far back as I can remember, my parents had novels by Gore Vidal on their bookshelf.  Titles like Julian and Burr and later Lincoln were things I lived with in my youth like wallpaper.  These books would arrive as part of their subscription to Book of the Month Club.  The books would regularly arrive ...