GLOBAL WARMING? We should be so lucky.

AFFORDABLE AND USER-FRIENDLY, amateur drones have skittered beyond the grasp of government regulators.

It strikes me that what we're seeing here is the beginning of the end of big government: too big, too slow, too overweening, and Americans are just beginning to ignore the regulators, go about their businesses, and dare the government to do something about it. With enough civil disobedience, the regulatory state will (hopefully) collapse.

RANDOM THOUGHTS on Republican racism and their 'war on women'. In last week's midterm elections, how many new blacks did the Democrats elect? How many new women did the Democrats elect?

FALL FOLIAGE 2014: Week 6. The leaves are going faster now, but surprisingly this year the leaf changes are species dependent: the oaks are almost nude, while the beech trees have just begun to turn, and the pear trees down the street haven't begun to turn yet.

Last week's picture is here.

OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION: It's my way or the highway.

HE MAY HAVE LOST THE MAJORITY, but Harry Reid won't necessarily lose his leadership post. Actually, I hope the Democrats are dumb enough to keep him; it will ensure a Republican victory in 2016....