All’s beyond well here on the NR Post-Election Cruise. 400 election-fortified conservatives chomping at the bit (after bellying up to the ice cream bar on the Lido Deck) — this group looks likes it’s ODing on happy pills. We just finished a GREAT session on the recent elections starring Ed Gillespie, Rich Lowry, Dick Morris, Steve Moore, Pat Toomey, Ramesh Ponnuru, and John Derbyshire. I’ve met mucho NRO fans here, who as the week goes on I will embarrass with postings about their doings and ruminations. As for those of you reading this back in the dreariness of your winter-looming, gray-skied community, where the gutters on your home are clogged with leaves, don’t forget — you were warned that you’d be missing a wonderful trip! Don’t make that same mistake with our next phenomenal voyage — the National Review 2005 British Isles Cruise, of which you can learn more about at www.nrcruise.com. I’m Jack Fowler, and I approve this shameless message of salesmanship.