TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT:

Two people have written to suggest that I run for Fred Thompson’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat.

Somehow, I don’t see myself in the Senate, except perhaps in the extremely enjoyable fill-someone-else’s-unexpired-term capacity. That might be fun.

Good book fodder. Likewise a closed-ended recess appointment to the Supreme Court. Neither, alas, is likely.