Sarah Palin's daughter should give birth in about four months. She's the seventeen-year-old daughter of the Republican candidate for vice president. People will make a big deal out of this, but they shouldn't. Sure, I disagree with Palin on several issues, and she might not be qualified for the job, but we should not let this hurt her campaign. The only thing I think this has any impact on is her advocacy of abstinence-only sex education. Does not work. But the fact that her daughter is pregnant does not reflect on the character of Sarah Palin or her ability to be governor or vice president. The best parents with the best values can have sons or daughters in this situation. McCain might agree, as he knew about the pregnancy before selecting Palin:

Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter's pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.

If that's even true. Whatever the case, I pity the girl because of the white-hot spotlight that is about to blind her.

I'm tired of people focusing on the wrong things. A great president was nearly kicked out of office for getting some blow jobs and lying about it. Good Lord.

Video: 103-year-old badass typographist Dr. Edward Rondthaler advocates simplified, more logical spelling in the English language. It's cooler than it sounds. I swear!

A mother in California is working to remove The Kite Runner from classroom reading lists. She has moral objections to the sexual content and, apparently, the wisdom of the overall work. The same goes for Of Mice and Men, which is being challenged in Kansas City for similar stupid reasons: too many instances of the word "nigger". Thankfully there are some smart people in charge in the latter case, at least:

"It's not a pleasant part of our history," David Smith, a spokesman for the school district, told KMBC-TV. "But kids these days need opportunities to learn about it, understand it, not in a sanitized 21st-century way, because that's how we move forward in society."

Mommies and Daddies, you cannot force your morals, your standards, your beliefs on everyone else.

The McCain campaign wants to delay the vice presidential debate indefinitely. No. No, no no. This is all a bunch of crap. Is McCain sick again? Is he afraid? Why would he be afraid? Because of Sarah Palin? Click on that link and watch Palin dance with Katie Couric. If I had seen these videos a few months ago, I would have said, "Really!? This is really the vice presidential candidate for the Republicans?"

They know she isn't ready to talk about the issues in front of the nation, especially when debating Joe Biden.

Don't delay the debates.

Update: They didn't. The CPD said it would be better to go ahead with the debates as planned. Hooray!

And now for something completely different.

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

C'mon, Jews, do your part.