Greetings from St. Louis

I've been attending the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council.  Good panels, good jazz, but, unusually, not so good food at the gala.  They did however give us a free ride to the top of the Gateway Arch on its official 40th anniversary.  Its a magnificent monument to . . .  what, I can't exactly say.  Engineering, to be certain.  I think the arch may be the most physically (as opposed to artistically) impressive artificial object I have ever seen.  Its uselessness adds to the effect.

On a more political note, I would point out that the collapse of the Miers nomination was predicted by yours truly in this blog. 

I humbly suggest that Professor Schaff's criticism put the nomination over the edge. 

I have been following Professor Schaff's lead, and have been looking into Michael McConnell as the best candidate for Bush to nominate.  McConnell has been said to be out of the running.  Kausfiles has some good commentary on why.  But the reasons only make McConnell look better.