George Will was the kickoff speaker at CPAC this morning and said many sensible things, but one image stuck out–he compared nation-building to “orchid-building,” which is impossible because orchids and nations are grown and nurtured over a long period, not made. I liked the analogy, though I see online that he’s used it before.

Oh, JPod, you’ll be pleased to learn that the pro-guestworker/amnesty panelists weren’t booed this year. But they didn’t get much applause, either (my comments seemed to go over better, not to mention Phyllis Schlafly’s and Tom Tancredo’s!).