Kitna is a stop-gap solution and is willing to take the hits--so let him do it until we have an O-line that can protect the investment in a decent QB. If the front office had this kind of thinking the team might actually draft the kind of players that are needed--but instead it will be the same ol' crap...the sexy pick (like QB, WR, RB, etc)instead of the solid pick (such as Joe Thomas last year). If Millen isn't fired after this next year I quit.

Obama's Hispanderama

There are people who want to return to the old ways and rescue some of the old attitudes. There are groups that seek to restore border integrity. But they are denigrated by many, even the president, who has called them vigilantes. The New Yorker this week carries a mildly snotty piece by a writer named Daniel Kurtz-Phelan in which he interviews members of a group of would-be Minutemen who seek to watch the borders with Mexico and Canada. They are "running freelance patrols"; they are xenophobic; they dismiss critics as "communists" and "child molesters."

As a Reaganite, Noonan must have recognized that elite condescension instantly, allergically.

Winehouse wins 5 Grammys; Hancock snags top album

West delivered an electric, glow-in-the-dark rendition of Stronger, then segued into a stirring tribute to his mother, Donda West, who died unexpectedly last year at age 58. "Last night I saw you in my dreams, and now I can't wait to go to sleep," sang West, dressed in all black and with MAMA etched into his haircut, as he launched into Hey Mama, a celebratory tune from his second album that has now turned into a somber ode.

"I know you're really proud of me right now and I know you want me to be the No. 1 artist in the world and Mama," West continued, "all I'm going to do is keep making you proud.