Before I do anything else, I would like to wish a Happy Birthday to my mother.

"Let the inspections work" say the various "peace activists" whose vision of "peace" means keeping Saddam in power. Well, the inspections have been working, and they have confirmed that Saddam has not accepted disarmament. Let's roll.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday that California's state disability insurance program has made hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mistakes in recent years, making payments to "injured" people who may not have deserved the money, and denying payments to deserving recipients. An estimated 39% of claims are handled erroneously. I wonder if the Chronicle's editorial board will keep this spectacular failure in mind as they continue to campaign for a state-managed universal healthcare system.