I got up yesterday morning, stepped outside to get a feel for the weather conditions before my seven-mile run, and smelled smoke. I was not alone, as people all across New England smelled the same smoke, brought down on the wind from wildfires burning out of control in Quebec, Canada.

Ralph Peters has the best take, I believe, on the Israeli raid on a so-called "aid" ship that was headed to Gaza. He believes it was all orchestrated by the Turkish government. If so, then the Israelis allowed themselves to be duped.

Here is some video of the raid.

Richard Cohen, unlike so many Liberals, is convinced now that crime is caused by criminals, not by poverty, and he has some numbers that back up that contention.

It seems that investors all over the world still believe U.S. Treasury bills are a good bet.