Hostile takeover

I've been usurped. After numerous on-line petitions concerned about my lack of attention to the stateside adventures of SJ reached the powers that be, I no longer have creative control of this website. So, it has been a good run - and I hope I'll be able to post the occasional op-ed piece on this site in the future - but until then, I've been demoted to a blog covering the adventures of one of our houseplants. You can visit me at my new location www.ficus-in-the-US.blogspot.com