John McCain should thank the New York Times. He had his best week of fund raising in the campaign, thanks to the Times running of a story that is being discredited by Democrats. For example, the San Francisco Chronicle (not exactly a hotbed of conservatism) said, "Regrettably, the Times left itself and our profession open to such allegations of bias by publishing soft-focus evidence of what would bean outrageous breach of public trust." Lanny Davis denied most of the allegation on the Huffington Post. "I have direct knowledge of a part of the issue reported in the New York Times and Washington Post stories on Senator McCain published on February 21, 2008...Bottom line: what was omitted from both the Times and the Post stories was that what I wanted Senator McCain to do, he refused to do. And he did so out of a concern of appearances of impropriety. That is a fact."

I'll interrupt for this quote: "Facts are silly things."

Even the ombudsman at the Times thinks there are major problems with the story. This really reminds me of the Dan Rather/phony documents debacle. John McCain is drafting his thank you letter to the Times right now....

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Here's a blog that has a very non pc name: Stuff White People Like. I strongly recommend it. Try #30, #8, and #7. Lots to like from the blog, and it's on #74. Enjoy!

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A busy week ahead: Besides the normal work (lots), client appointments every day this week, I'm heading to Las Vegas next Monday to promote the new book. I haven't gotten my copies yet, but they should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. I don't get to post a top ten quotes against work, not until April 16th.

Oh, I forgot to mention that the quote (above) comes from Ronald Reagan.