Happy MLK Jr. Day to all of you, including those who actually are observing the holiday and reading this from some non-working place.
Some companies observe MLK Day but not Presidents Day, the federal holiday in February. Some do the opposite. Some observe both days, and then… there are the rest of us, right?
It's all good in this corner, what with the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL equivalent of the Final Four next weekend. And for all of you Tim Tebow/new Denver Bronco fans — I actually sympathize with you slightly this morning — if only because I loathe Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots!
Okay, on to politics, where we still have a presidential primary race to cover — for at least another week.
One of the thinking man's GOP candidates, Jon Huntsman, is calling it quits.
Rick Santorum got some evangelical love over the weekend from some religious conservatives meeting in a closed door meeting in Texas. Will it matter?
And television comedian Stephen Colbert lightened up the Sunday morning public affairs line-up.
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.