Now that I've written two angry 1,000-word diatribes against Charles Schumer for voting to confirm Michael Mukasey, I thought I would introduce myself to readers of "The Room," the collection of fast-thinking cultural and political pundits here at 23/6. I mean the writers. The writers...

Yesterday I was seized by a powerful and, perhaps, unhealthy rage. It arrived as rage always does, which is to say, "stealthily." By which I mean, "with great stealth." You don't believe me, look it up. You know how rage is. It sneaks into your subconscious and settles into...

Nora Ephron says the Democrats are breaking our hearts and I agree. She says that Charles Schumer, in particular, let us down by announcing his support for Attorney General nominee Mukasey, who refuses to come out against waterboarding. And it's true. When you read Schumer's "this is the...