NOW THAT THE U.N. HAS SOME DIRT ON SADDAM HUSSEIN, lefties are souring on the U.N. Susanna Cornett is unsurprised, but not displeased.

SORRY FOR THE LATE START: Both my daughter and I are out of school today for the MLK holiday, but my wife is working, so I’m on solo child-care duty and a playroom clean-up has interfered with blogging. More later.

YOUR, ER, TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: The Internal Revenue Service has been found to be guilty of fraud and deception. Follow the link for more, and a link to the decision.