Barbra, I salute you.

Say what you will about Barbra Streisand's politics (and god knows plenty of people have said plenty), but I honor her for sticking to her principles. Via Dan Froomkin:

Cindy Adams writes in her New York Post gossip column: "The Kennedy Center gives treasured awards to treasured Americans annually. You know that. Its latest awardees this week included Robert Redford. You know that. What you don't know is they assiduously courted [Barbra] Streisand. But, despite their efforts this year and every year for these last years, she's adamantly refusing to allow them the honor of honoring her. She says she will not let her country salute her in the capital of her country while George W. Bush is president of her country."

Way to go. I respect Robert Redford, but that respect lost a little of its sheen when I saw the photos of him with the chimp-in-chief, who treats the country - and the [non-filthy-rich] people in it - with nothing but negligence and contempt. In my book that makes him unworthy of the deference that normally goes with the office.