Friday morning roundup

How long did it take the Church to acknowledge that the earth was round and orbited the sun? You might get the impression that it, as an institution, is getting better at embracing reality, but you'd be wrong.

I'm finding myself once again typing the words, "I agree with Michael Gerson." I briefly wonder whether I should be frightened, and then remember that I'm really not partisan, so when the man's right, he's right. And in this case he's right when he slams an element of the left, but not when he smears all the left (I've heard people defend the Sandinistas, too, and it turns my stomach). But the right is also guilty of "they're our sons of bi&ches" syndrome--it can be a bipartisan affliction.