Kenya Declares a Holiday

I watched the election results on the BBC, partly in order to avoid having to view the same smug talking heads saying the same smug things, but mainly because they had some really interesting guests, like John Bolton, Christopher Hitchens, Jay McInerny, and Gore Vidal.

Vidal was a disappointment, since all he did was insult his hosts. But Hitchens calling Sarah Palin a "nut job who believes in witches" was a sweet moment.

Ted Koppel set a more gracious tone by remarking that this felt like the first year of the 21st century. So it does.