Last Friday morning the good folks at The Cruise Authority sent the weekly cabin-bookings report for the National Review 2010 Post-Election Caribbean Cruise and mama mia!—26 cabins were added in the previous seven days. Which means close to 350 cabins have been reserved for this super trip. Which in turn means our allotment of about 400 cabins will be exhausted before you can say “President Obama Interrupted His Golf Game to Go on Vacation.” Well, why don’t you get the lead out and book your vacation (November 14 – 21 aboard Holland America Line’s brand new Nieuw Amsterdam) at www.nrcruise.com. While there is still a cabin left.

By the way, we are happy to announce that a new guest speaker will be joining us for our seven sunny days and balmy nights of strict-constructionist revelry: conservative skeptic and NRO regular John Derbyshire. Why not buy a copy of his 2009 hit, We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, bring it with you, and get John to put his Derb on it. I promise: After a week with NR cruisers the cover will be all smiles!