Tuesday night’s talk at the Freedom Club in Minneapolis was a great pleasure. Lovely people, good times. I received a very rare standing ovation. And last night’s talk at Fordham was a special pleasure. The College Republicans are a good bunch, smart, funny and decent. I’d never been out to Fordham before. My Dad grew up in the Bronx, but beyond the zoo and I guess Yankee stadium, I know next to nothing about the place. I discovered that the much discussed “real” Little Italy is near the campus and I’m very psyched since the Little Italy in Manhattan is now a joke, closer to an Epcot Center attraction than anything else, and the Fair Jessica and I are desperate to find the perfect Italian sub. Anyway, I have piles of email to go through on everything from genocide to the weirdness in Debby My Odd Link Gal’s email (see next post.).

Willy Shakes — a longtime reader — has a nice and overly generous write up of the evening.