...  I was watching “The Best of Laugh In” last night. Remember the good old days when leftists were the radicals and the conservatives criticized people who attacked the government? … After making a deal to sell New Jersey Network, the state’s public TV chain, to WNET, the powerful New York public station, to save money, Governor Chris Christie is negotiating to have New York take over New Jersey’s governmental operations. “Hey, almost anybody should be able to do a better job than we’ve done over the last 20 years,” Christie was reported to have said. The deal would involve renaming the state “New Jersey, a New York company.” Christie said the takeover would be welcomed by football fans since they would no longer have to worry about the location of the Jets and the Giants. … Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s campaign has faltered as all his senior staff has resigned. Gingrich commented that, “Just because the people in my campaign don’t want to work with me, doesn’t mean that the American people shouldn’t.” …. When I returned from Russia, someone asked if I'd read anything from Karl Marx. I said, "I don't know, was he Chico or Zeppo?"