4 reasons I'm glad Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor.

1. Finally, a Supreme Court Justice with a [last] name longer than 3 syllables. (Thanks to downtownlad for noting the possible distinction and my son John Althouse Cohen for confirming it.)

2. Finally, a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice... and we won't have to keep talking about how some day there ought to be a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.

3. We'll get back to the historical high water mark of women on the Court. Wow! To hit 2 again!

4. Jeffrey Rosen gets his comeuppance.

CORRECTION: James Taranto on #1:

Blogress Ann Althouse claims that Sotomayor will be the first justice with a four-syllable last name and credits her son for confirming this. But it isn't true. John Althouse Cohen apparently is too young to remember Justice Willis Van Devanter.

I'll bet John thought his middle name was Van.

"Nearly 100 wealthy families and power couples contributed at least $100,000 each to help Barack Obama over the past two years."

See how long it takes you, reading this article, to figure out why this was possible, given the campaign finance laws. Now, should we be upset, and if we are, what are we upset about and is it not poetic justice that John McCain came out the loser?

IN THE COMMENTS: The subject of pull-ups arises, and a fine point about pull-ups is explained. Conclusion:

To me this exercise of brawn says more about the mind of the man. He knows his strengths and the weaknesses of others. Even strong people don't necessarily practice the inverted pull up. He knows that and uses it to his advantage.