"And, of course, we ought to ask ourselves just what, without form or guidance enforced by some battle-ax of a teacher or authoritarian school board, are these little wretches going to pray for during moments of silence or voluntary prayer? Inline skates? An 'A' on an exam they haven't studied for? To score with the homecoming queen or football captain? That the school will burn down?"

Article III
Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. (R, G.W. Bush)
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens (R, Ford)
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia* (R, Reagan)
Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (R, Reagan)
Associate Justice David Souter (R, G. Bush)
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (R, G. Bush)
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg (D, Clinton)
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer (D, Clinton)
Associate Justice Samuel Alito (R, G.W. Bush)

Remind me to ask the "mainstream" senators from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sen. Kennedy and Sen. Kerry, how the Alito filibuster is going.

*Contrary to published reports, Justice Scalia does, in fact, breathe fire.

From the World of Tennis
Despite my longstanding hostility towards the lousy, rotten Swiss, I've always had a little crush on Martina Hingis; so, I was pleased to see her back in action during the Australian Open.