How should we celebrate the 100th birthday of Richard M. Nixon?

It's today. Ideas: 1. Tell us your favorite thing about Richard Nixon. (It's his birthday. No need to trot out all the usual hatred....

"I would take a Johnsonville brat from the hand of a Koch brother if it were offered with the proper condiments and a good beer."

Citizen Dave explains Wisconsin values. IN THE COMMENTS: The Farmer said: "Bravo, ex-Mayor Dave! And MadisonMan said: "Yes, Bravo ...

"For some families, ketchup accounts for a large part of the household vegetable intake."

So ketchup is a vegetable! In an article about "going organic," the New York Times blithely expresses the belief that has sprout...

The restaurant where I had a very late lunch alone...

... looks so lonely in the photographs. ADDED: That ketchup and mustard, it's ironic, right? No one actually needs to squirt such mass ...

Must we fight about politics?

Here 's a piece in the NYT Style section (with a photograph that had me thinking way too much about the implications of the ketchup bot...

12 observations about John Kerry on "The Daily Show."

Assorted observations made while watching John Stewart's Daily Show interview of John Kerry. (Full transcript at Wonkette .) 1. John Ker...