Read an essay about Ted Williams' last day in the major leagues. He hit a long home run in his last at bat. The at bat was immortalized in an essay by John Updike entitled, "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu."

The essay I read last night was by Ed Linn, who eventually wrote a biography of Williams. Linn's essay is an attempt to give greater perspective on Williams. He was ugly to reporters. He baited them and then swore at them. If they just went away, he seemed starved for attention. So, he would draw them in and then abuse them.

On the Imus in the Morning radio show out of New York (which is carried on MSNBC), John Kerry said "there is nothing to report" about allegations that he had an affair with a 20-year-old intern. Good. One hopes this is true. For if it is not, he's in trouble. And then we'll have another one of these unbearable scandals on our hands.