¶ Matins: This may be the best dog video ever, probably because it captures, to perfection, the pleasure of being out alone with one’s pooch.

¶ Tierce: What’s this? A war-protest strike by Pacific dockworkers? Yesterday? You tell me why William Yardley’s story isn’t on the front page of the Times — instead of not one but two “stories” about the Obama-Wright rift.

¶ Compline: Although I was tolerably entertained by James Wolcott’s overview of the primary scene in the current Vanity Fair, I had to wonder if it merits all the commentary.

Oremus…

§ Matins. Do you not love the way Sam guns for the camera instead of the ball? I agree with JR, though (thanks for the tip, by the way!): dogs and concrete don’t mix. You can’t have moments like this in the city.

§ Tierce. According to Mr Yardley, we can look for a truckers’ strike in “the next several days.” Taking the long view, I’d like to see all long-haul trucking replaced by rail freight, but, for now, the teamsters, like New York’s cabdrivers, appear to be Cinderellas in the American economy.

§ Compline. Last time around (in 2004), I made it to the general election before collapsing in disappointment. These days, the narcissism that seems to be leading the Democratic Party to a finale that will look like the last scene of Hamlet has me averting my eyes. 

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