Various thoughts on current events with an emphasis on politics, legal issues, books, movies and whatever is on my mind. Emails can be sent to almostsanejoe@aol.com; please put "blog comments" in the subject line.
Though giving fans heart palpitations in the ninth, the Mets aces did their job with some help, the home series against a weakened Yanks won. Now the (new) back-end has to face the Phillies.
