This article about Dennis Miller's conversion to the right side is quite funny -- this guy is quick and witty even in a telephone interview!

This morning's Globe gives a rousing review of a new biography on John Winthrop, "America's Forgotten Founding Father," seeking to rescue JW (and seventeenth century New England) from the charges of religious fundamentalism and "reactionary" politics. As someone who is tired of many conservatives charging New England with most of America's ills, there must be merit here.