"The longest suicide note in history" is not a phrase I came up with. I stole it from some talking head on TV. For the life of me, I cannot remember his name. But, whoever said it was "spot on!"

This week the Democratic Party is scheduled to commit suicide. Their intention to ram ObamaCare, a socialized medicine bill, down the collective throats of a highly P.O.ed America will finish them off for the remainder of 2010 and most likely return them to the wilderness whence they came. For the record, we'd like to say: "Good Riddance!"

Thanks to Tim Burton, Disney's 3D version of Alice in Wonderland, wisely honours "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," and "Through the Looking-Glass," by Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), without looking outdated. And that's not as simple as it sounds.

For starters, the book was published in 1865 - and Disney's animated "Alice in Wonderland" was, without question, groundbreaking in 1951.

I trust Carroll would have loved to watch his move in 3D, to make a point about mathematics too. Melanie Bayley, a doctoral candidate in English literature, understands that some of the book's characters were real people in Carroll's life at Oxford. But think numbers too, she writes.

Dear Mr. President,

In recent days your Administration has unleashed an unprecedented barrage of criticism at Israel, our most reliable ally in the Middle East. The ostensible reason for this assault was a municipal zoning decision permitting construction to continue on a housing division inside Israel's capital city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and immediately apologized to the United States and to Vice President Biden personally for the announcement's awkward timing, which occurred during Biden's visit. Between two allies, that should have ended the matter. But in the 72 hours that followed, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senior White House advisor David Axelrod all turned up the rhetorical heat in what the press reports is a concerted effort directed by your Administration to manufacture a crisis that weakens Israel on the eve of new peace talks.

Squeezing the balloon to find a free lunch

If they had enough bathrooms and cool air circulating, three hours delay in an airplane on the tarmac wouldn't be so bad. But they don't, and it's bad. Real bad. Somebody should do something.

Somebody should also do something about those big bad banks charging overdraft fees at the checkout counter without first asking permission.

And those big bad insurance companies shouldn't be putting profits ahead of people, as the President accused them of during his latest rant against business. They should increase their payouts and lower their rates.