Monday morning roundup

Texting as an amplifier of dating violence brings up another issue: why can't you block certain numbers or report abuse like you can with e-mail spam?

This kind of thing just makes me want to smack people; if you're so intimidated by the ubiquity of Spanish, learn Spanish.

Nothing Gail Collins hasn't already said with more humor, but a primer on some of this year's elections as comedy fodder.