News: Not much time left

Hussein's execution is coming soon.

It's certainly a shock to see a hanging come so soon after the end of a trial. With American executions, it often takes decades for the convicted to be put to death, after all.

Gerald Ford also died this week. He'll never be one the "top 10 presidents" historians argue about, but most will agree, especially through the rosy lens of hindsight, that he wasn't that bad, either.

Still in Houston, so posting will resume as normal next week.