“RUM, SODOMY, AND THE LASH:” Heh. Well, two out of three ain’t bad.

Meanwhile, after attending YearlyKos, Ryan Sager thinks that what the Kos Krowd needs is another good run of defeats: “Nothing smothers a growing movement of the politically disaffected quicker than premature victory.”

UPDATE: I think it’s Tim Blair who’s providing the lash. . . .

And I would say that this Davey Jones has nothing to do with “rum, sodomy and the lash” — but he was probably intimately familiar with at least the first two. . . .

And Eric Scheie has thoughts on politics and child-rearing.