File this under "no kidding." Nine months later, another federal court judge handed the administration's health care reform law another victory.

"Rein in costs." President Obama sounded that clarion call early on in his legislative offensive for health reform.

Small victories, especially when they're all you've got, have to be savored. You've got to get a few first downs before you make it to the goal line. And though it might take a little longer, a few back-to-back singles are just as good as a home run.

At what point does all this support or attack on health care reform devolve into hyperbole? Do we blame Obama for everything that goes wrong with health care now? Whether he's responsible or not? And for all that it gets right, whom do we praise?

while some states are still sorting through ballots (handwritten or otherwise), I can't help but wonder whether all this reading of tea leaves is worth the breath we waste on it.

I know we're a society obsessed with having our cake, eating it and wondering why we didn't get ice cream, too. We're entitled. We've got it so good; we think we deserve it. In fact, we deserve some of that over there, too.

Is the election over yet? I don't know about you, but I'm so tired of all the campaign ads that I wish I had Cablevision. Or at least watched the telly from a non-battleground state.

Last week I fired off e-mails to nearly 20 different brokers. I needed sources for a story.