The tabloids have a story about how Jessica Simpson’s dog was snatched by a coyote. I wish we could get a pack of them to grab Jon and Kate Gosselin. … Politics is getting out of hand. After Republican Rep. Wilson called President Obama a liar, Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson called Republican Congressmen "foot-dragging, knuckle-dragging Neanderthals." Republicans should turn that into a positive: "The GOP, so simple even a cave man can understand it." ... Sorry I can't be home in Indiana during the annual Carroll County (Kentucky) Tobacco Festival (upriver about 12 miles). The featured event is the outhouse race. No it's not a race to the venerable facilities but rather a race of newly constructed buildings on wheels. The Carrollton Police Department, which has dominated this event, is a favorite.