An army of political pundits is crying foul over the transfer of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to the federal criminal court system.

Watching the fallout after the attempted Christmas terrorist attack, I couldn’t help but think of one of my childhood hobbies: building dams. I loved going down to the creek behind my best friend’s house and backing up the water with whatever rocks, sticks, and mud I could find.

My one regret is that my makeup doesn’t make me look as orange as a Jersey Shore cast member.

I remember when the National Review editorial board demanded the resignation of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice after they discovered an unread copy of Bin Laden Determined to Strike US under a stack of InStyles and Jimmy Choo catalogs in her office, and how Donald Rumsfeld had to wrestle the tantō away from Rice when she attempted seppuku.