Take the Facts, Add Guesswork, Get Unreal (Wonder Land)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Friday, January 23, 2004 | DANIEL HENNINGER

[presidio9]

For politics, it was a most excellent week. Not because dour John Kerry rose from his crypt to win the Iowa caucuses. Not because George Bush said, "Our greatest responsibility is the active defense of the American people" in his State of the Union speech. The political week was excellent because it was that rare thing in our politics: It was real, totally, gloriously real. Much of the rest of the time it has become something not quite real.

[Elle Bee]

a decent, bright and articulate man .... I thought for sure he would have been named Editor after Bob Bartley entered semi-retirement

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[Tom D.]

Henninger is quite good, but Paul Gigot is good too.

I hate to admit it, and blame it on excessive optimism, but I was really hoping that Dean was headed for the nomination. I guess that we all have to be careful not to mix up wishing and thinging.

[presidio9]

"Homo Democraticus"