Barack Obama today called for the media, blogs, and public in general to avoid discussion of the candidates and their families’ private lives.  He’s absolutely right about that, as I noted. The McCain campaign is indignant, demanding that everyone Leave the kids alone. Leave the kids alone. This is an election about the future of the country. If...

John McCain, in an attack on Barack Obama’s patriotism, says that Obama would rather lose a war than risk losing an election.  He also frequently says that he’s so patriotic that he doesn’t care about any particular election — he always puts country first. Nobody who lives permanently on planet Earth believes Sarah Palin is qualified to...