Confidential to Fred Phelps:

Heath Ledger was Australian. Shouldn't God have gone after Jake Gyllenhaal?

A confession.

Sometimes, I wonder whether my support for Barack Obama lies not in my admiration for his optimistic message, or his advocacy for technology, or his ability to bridge racial barriers, or his desire for universal health care, or withdrawl from Iraq, but rather my fondness, since childhood, for Blazing Saddles.