John Garang died yesterday in a helicopter crash. Mark Leon Goldberg has the implications:

The Claremont Review of Books, conservative though it is, is an interesting journal, particularly if you want a window into what Republican intellectuals are thinking and rationalizing. But this is a bit odd. Here's the last paragraph of Victor Davis Hanson's (sadly lame) essay on politicized universities:

From Joe Queenan's review of The Truth About Hillary:

What I am saying is that if Klein purposely set out to write the
sleaziest, most derivative, most despicable political biography ever,
he has failed both himself and his readers miserably. ''The Truth About
Hillary'' is only about the 16th sleaziest book I have ever read.
Though, in fairness to the author, reading creepy, cut-and-paste books
is my hobby.

Which isn't to say there's nothing of note in there.  Ed Klein, you should know, has found himself a new angle:

David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise: As mentioned below, I'm really enjoying it.  Yes, I know his examples sometimes don't hold water and his sociological brush is broad enough to use Australia as canvas, but it's still fun, he still has fascinating thougts and ideas, and he still brings a better, more incisive eye towards a certain subset of people than most anyone else writing about them.  Other books of this sort suffer from an unrestrained contempt towards their subjects or a desire to lionize.  Brooks, I think, likes living this life, but is nevertheless a bit ashamed at its inconsistencies and oddities, and the tone that that his conflicted indulgence results in is delightful.  Since I'm a Bobo in good standing, I'm loving the book.