AJ Strata is hosting this week's RINO Sightings Carnival, so check it out. I especially enjoyed Michael Demmons' piece on gas price gouging. (My state, Pennsylvania, is the second worst!)

SayUncle treats Pat Robertson to fairness and logic. (Which is more than Pat Robertson usually does unto others.)

Bostonian Exile on "talking points" -- and dumbing down:

Give me the ideas of someone who is truly grappling with issues, not just feigning difficulty because it is politically expedient. Give me those of someone not afraid to be critical of those in his own fold.

And I'm off for another long New Jersey drive.

Maybe more later tonight; maybe not.

It's been a beautiful Fall around here so far. Here's how its looking lately:

From a distance:

And up close: