values? here?

A country whose political dialogue is all about values is either a country with no serious problems or a country hiding from its serious problems. When I want values, I go to Wal-Mart. -- Michael Kinsley, editorial writer for the LA Times.

on civility in sports...

Maybe the wonder is that more games don't end in riots. Given the provocative context of a culture in which the vice president says he feels better after he's told a U.S. senator to f--- himself and the president urges Iraq's insurgents to "bring it on," maybe we should be encouraged that so many people -- players, fans and everybody else -- so often manage civility.

-- Bill Littlefield, of NPR, in an article for the 'Post.