HEH: "Four years into his presidency, an anecdote about someone winning the lottery was the most hopeful story Obama could offer."

MARK STEYN: A nation of Sandra Flakes Flukes.

CAMPAIGNING AS HE'S GOVERNED: Democrat National Convention ends $15 million in debt.

NO SURPRISE: The entire Democrat Party is an instantiation of Godwin's Law.

THE SAD STATE OF POLITICIANS.

JEFF JACOBY: Does God belong in politics?

FOUR MORE YEARS ... and Social Security Disability will be broke.

IF CORPORATIONS AREN'T PEOPLE, how can they be greedy?

MICHAEL GERSON: Obama fails in Charlotte, revealingly.

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER - except the GOP. Quick question. What if the good samaritan had been a -- gasp -- Republican? (Which based on charitable giving patterns is more likely.)

PAUL GREENBERG: The future is now.

GOVERNMENT (RUN AMUCK) of, for, and by the Environmental Protection Agency.

TWELVE INJURED in Prince George's county seeking shelter from Saturday storms. They were told to evacuate the equestrian center and injured in the subsequent evacuation run for the exits.

It may sound counterintuitive, but the best solution is usually to ignore the safety-nanny authorities, shelter in place, and then go about your business. Yesterday's high winds and drenching rain lasted at most 15 minutes before the weather turned to routine light-to-moderate rainfall.

FINALLY! Proof that President Obama attended Columbia University.

PROCRASTINATION, INDIFFERENCE -- OR ARROGANCE? The President misses another budget deadline.

ANOTHER 'SMART GROWTH' SETBACK for Prince George's county in Maryland. Has it ever occurred to those of the liberal persuasion that 'smart growth' might not be ... er, smart?