Old-Fashioned

On a more serious note, Sunday's New York Times Magazine features Sen. Rick Santorum in its cover story. "The Believer" doesn't tell you much you couldn't glean from paying attention to domestic U.S. politics during the last two years, though reporter Michael Sokolove tries his best to portray Senator "Man-on-dog" as nothing more than an earnest, decent guywho happens to be a major player in the legislative branch, despite his real desire to be a full-time gardener and father of six.

As nauseatingly dull as it is to read about this guy, Sokolove does reveal one nugget I didn't already know, that prior to serving in the House, Uncle Rick was a lobbyist for, you guessed it, the World Wrestling Federation.

That's right, good ol' Catholic, family-fun, sports entertainment.



As his brother says, "'Rick has always been that way, in anything he has ever done... We were, for the time, good practicing Catholics, but Rick took it further.'" If there's one thing you've got do with the ol' WWF, it's take its misogyny, its xenophobia and its violence-for-kids, and take it further.

The saddest part is that you know he'll run for president someday, and he'll probably win.