--President Bush met with "outgoing" Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia Saturday. Interspersed with serious disputes about NATO's role in East Europe and Russia's flagging democracy were photo ops showing the two joking around and acting like long-time congenial good ol' buddies. Putin, scheduled to leave office in May to be replaced as Russia's president by Dmitry Medvedev, wants to rule Russia as its prime minister, reducing the country's presidency to a relatively ceremonial position. Bush is planning to meet with Medvedev, too. For all the difference that's going to make!
--With the Presidential campaign, people are getting all hung up over personalities and the likability of the remaining candidates. Just don't forget that once whoever gets elected is sitting in the Oval Office, the issues that will affect us aren't going to be personality-related. They will be which bills the new President signs and which ones he/she vetoes. And of course, what decisions will come down about international relations and war/peace.
--In the midst of grim announcements that the University of Florida is strictly limiting admissions to applicants, it was revealed that Dr. Bruce Kone, dean of UF's medical school, bypassed school admissions policies and, on his own, admitted a politically-connected applicant whose father raised money for the Republicans and helped organize Charlie Crist's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. To me, this sort of thing needs to be "nipped in the bud" or else we'll be seeing a lot more of this double standard going on.
--In the NCAA championship men's basketball tournament, UCLA and North Carolina, the two teams I had picked to play in tonight's championship game, choked up in a big way in their semifinal games against Memphis and Kansas, respectively. I'm picking Memphis to win the final tonight (not that you should heed my opinion).
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