Paul Surging From The Atlantic: "Newt Gingrich's campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa. He's at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon

Morons Redux If you hadn't noticed (I hadn't, until this weekend), Beavis and Butt-head [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-head] is back. I wrote about the program earlier [https://thedailyeudemon.com/18221/], admitting that I enjoyed the show. One TDE reader seconded

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a Pabst. Or at least six Pabsts. BYCU I'd heard years ago that you weren't allowed to mail booze through the U.S. Post Office, but I thought it was just an old lawyer's wives tale, like

Rock Hall Hampton Stevens gives a much-deserved thrashing to the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/12/wheres-the-rock/]. He says something that I vaguely sensed for years: The Hall snubs a lot of big names in favor of fashionable names.

Big Books Christopher Buckley is one of the more-entertaining writers today. He writes a regular column for Forbes Life. The December 2011 column, "Big Books for the Holidays," isn't available online, but it's good. It blurbs seven giant books (ranging in price from

Stats My local newspaper ran a story yesterday about our curfew law. The gist: Studies show that youth curfews reduce youth crime. The article didn't mention a related fact: House arrest of all able-bodied males would reduce crime. Statistics get abused in so many ways, whether it&

Woods There's a good interview with Thomas Woods at The Daily Bell [http://www.thedailybell.com/3337/Staff-Report-Thomas-Woods-Jr-on-Libertarianism-Versus-the-Catholic-Church-Ron-Pauls-Presidential-Chances-and-US-State-Secession] . I greatly enjoy Woods: Harvard graduate, Catholic convert, free-market thinker. I

"Christian joy is granted to those who understand natural joy." Paul VI. Happy Gaudete Sunday.