So I was all set to write this week about how funny John McCain is. Turns out, though, that while Johnny Mack is wowing them at Ken's Komedy Klub Open Mic Night, Barack Obama is influencing foreign policy.

With the passing of former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) Friday, it's tempting to declare an official end to a particularly hateful kind of divisive politics.

MEMOTO: The Democratic PartyFROM: Some woman with a Web site who happens to have been right about a bunch of stuff lately