And while we're on the subject of Bostonians,

Al Giordano of Big, Left, Outside, and expatriate Bostonian, makes a welcome - and, as always, controversial - return from hiatus to write,

It's show time for Kerry: the hour when, in his past campaigns, he has come from behind to slash the tires of his opponent, squeak past him, and cross the finish line first. (Against as dirty a fighter as Bush, Kerry should feel no moral hesitation at all in playing even dirtier to win.) I'm betting - as I did last December and January in the Democratic primaries - that Kerry takes the November election decisively.