…ought to try to produce higher-tone critique than mere burbling joyfully over the unavoidable local setbacks”

Buddy, Hope it’s OK I sent this “big picture” and “a little maturity here, please” comment of yours to my kid who tries debating her NY friends about Iraq. Perhaps telling these anti-war, anti-Bush and anti-matter types to just get over it or to get over themselves would do just as well. But your kind of burbling is just too good not to share.