Can you afford not to read this post? Probably, but should you risk it?

A couple of years ago, Dan Abrams ran MSNBC; now, he's getting his show bounced off the schedule. But for a good cause: Rachel Maddow, a particularly sane pundit (and, just guessing, soon-to-be-ex-Air-America host) with an unusually even temperament by TV standards, will be getting her own nightly series, airing at 6 p.m. Pacific Time after "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." (Olbermann just lost a good guest.) Here's hoping she has Pat Buchanan on her show, since he really gets wound up by her.

More good news: The little dog we found yesterday has been reunited with her owner. The owner was ecstatic, but perhaps the happiest individual in this equation is my dog Wally, who can quit with the jealousy already. (By the way, her name was Babette.)