In the GEICO caveman commercial in which he’s talking to the therapist, when his phone rings and he determines the caller is his mother, why is the punchline “I’ll put it on speaker?” I don’t get it.

Yesterday, for no discernible reason, it dawned on me that of all the people who have declared themselves running for President on the Democratic ticket in 2008 (Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Biden, Kucinich, Richardson, etc.), there’s one name noticeably absent: General Wes Clark. According to the always-reliable Wikipedia, the following have actually filed papers with the …

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