I know, I've been MIA for awhile. Life gets crazy, you know? I've actually discovered a better way to keep this blog going, so we'll see if that works. I've decided not to delve into the Afghanistan situation (I was going to say "debacle", but I'm trying not to come out swinging...all the time.) First, it would take more than a paragraph, and second, my tear ducts simply can't take a rehashing of that event, when there are others here that will give them plenty of a workout. I'm not a big fan of Bob Woodward. Frankly, I think the man has been churning out the book equivalent of tabloid magazines for years in hopes of reclaiming his Watergate glory. Since his expose of that coverup, there isn't a President he hasn't tried to take down, and each time he claims it's far worse than Watergate. It's not just Republicans either. He's tried to nail them all. Give him time, and he'll have some sordid tale about Joe Biden to