To answer your questions...

Because of meter and rhyme. Not fellatio!

Violence against women...

... amuses liberals sometimes.

Things we talked about here over the weekend.

If a retired Supreme Court Justice is going to publish an essay in a classy literary tabloid, he should do better than this.

If an erudite Kenyan goes on a lesser Sunday talking heads show, he needs to call bullshit.

Don't let your bleeding heart bleed for geese.

And by "bleeding heart," I mean Dane County (as in Madison), but you Danes (as in Denmark) have problems of your own, even if that bleeding-heart radio organization thinks you are the exemplars of happiness.

Black Friday shopping links for Althouse-tested items.

I'm a snob about what I'll drink but I defend your right to drink what the government is prying from your numb, shaky hands.

Irradiating irrationality.

Oh, those young people, so irony-oriented and lameness-avoidant... how it hurt to fall in love with Obama!

If you want respect, don't demand it from teenagers.

This is the time... this is the moment... for pie!

Roses...

... smelled.

Dumb fight...

... picked.

"Can it be true? Is the most serious Man Crush Of All Time really over??????"

Maybe!

Grotesque favoritism tonight...

... don't you think?

The difference between women...

... and girls.

"College students are adults. They have every single right to choose the person they feel most comfortable living with."

Consider that statement in the abstract before clicking through to see the particular context.

American arrogance.

Should we rein it in — a little humility perhaps — so the world doesn't hate us?

I know it's late for this.

But it's still February at least, and this met my quick and dirty test for what is bloggable: I laughed a lot.

"All I've ever wanted out of Althouse was a place to hang out with a bunch of cool people."

Yes, that's it. And we want to hang out with you.

"I don't see you any longer as ... my Magical Other to rescue me from the challenges of life..."

Interesting... and it's not about Barack Obama.

What should Obama say about last night's election?

How about:

"We won't agree on every issue... But we do agree that we love America equally, that we're concerned about the future of this country, and that we will do our very best to address big problems... The American people expect us to rise above partisan differences, and my administration will do its part...."

There are "certain girls"... apparently including me...

... see comment #1... who make women writers feel... hmmm... what's that all about?

Struggling not to laugh so much I wake up everyone in the house.

And I'm partly laughing out of shame for finding this so funny.

But I brought you all those Christmas presents?

Why don't you love me?

Obama gratuitously insults atheists.

See the update in this morning's Nobel speech post.

Sonia Sotomayor has collected 2 severed heads.

Nice work, Sonia!

"What's a girl to do?"

"My heart grows colder with each day..."