I didn’t make the white-tie list (what’s being born and 12 years of schooling in the Archdiocese of New York as a qualification?). But that’s okay, because I hit two other galas instead — the Human Life Review’s and the Manhattan Institute’s.

I am watching John McCain right now on the replay on Greta’s show, and he is pretty funny. That having been said, watching Obama laugh about ACORN, and Cardinal Egan guffawing with him about all matter of issues, is more than a little off-putting. But that’s because I’m one of those (rare?) Americans who realizes what a threat he is to the dignity of human life. And I happen to be a Catholic who realizes it’s my obligation to take that into consideration – and not lightly.

I’m sorry to be a buzzkill. And I appreciate the beauty of laughter at tense times. But at a time when I’m not so sure Americans are taking this election seriously enough, I’m not laughing.