Terri Schiavo passed away this morning. That has not stopped her parents from filing another appeal to restore the feeding tube. (OK, now I’m REALLY going to hell.)

So much for the Axis of Evil. Relations between Iran and North Korea became frayed yesterday as a result of... a soccer match. A World Cup qualifying match between Iran and North Korea in the capital of Pyongyang erupted into a melee when fans were enraged after referees failed to call a penalty against one of the visiting players. Bottles and rocks were thrown on the field, and masses of North Koreans surrounded the Iranian team's bus after the match — a rarely seen display of public violence in the authoritarian country. North Korea lost, 2-0.

Patrick Kennedy, Teddy’s son, will not be running for the U.S. Senate against Rhode Island Republican Lincoln Chafee. Too bad. Although Chafee is one of the more liberal Republicans, it could have been a big pickup for the Dems.

But hey, it’s reassuring to know that even with a Republican-controlled House, Senate and White House, they are still unable to have their way. For example, Bush’s Social Security proposals. Failing miserably. Between widespread public opposition to the private accounts and widespread public opposition to the government getting involved in the Schiavo case, could the 2006 midterm elections be a positive one for the Democrats? It’d be about time.