Missed by a hair
Boston.com: Home in Lexington explodes, sparking evacuation. And folks, when they say “explodes,” they mean it, judging from the before and after pictures. The gas company—our gas company, Keyspan—says the system “overpressurized.” I say, huh? How can that happen? And I say, urgh. Maybe we moved to gas too hastily.
Virginia is keen for Kaine
Congrats to my native state for electing Tim Kaine as governor last night. The 11th hour appearance of the president, his only swing into the state to support Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore, apparently didn’t help Kilgore as much as it did Kaine. I love this quotation from Mo Elleithee, the Kaine campaign’s communications director: “Can [...]

