Today is the birthday of Mrs. Marci Bailey, of somewhere in Michigan (does it matter? it’s not on the East Coast). Mrs. Bailey is the lovely mother of one Aaron P. Bailey, otherwise known as NRO lord. Since she lends us her son, and, at this very moment, an Internet connection, we thought we’d wish her a happy birthday. And we do, warmly.

P.S. I was so kidding about the East Coast thing. Considering the Michigan contingent at NR seems to grow hourly, such narrow-minded snobbery would be…unwise.