Not much to say about this morn's Space Shuttle explosion that isn't being said more eloquently by others. I especially identified with the simple sentiments expressed here by Joshua Micah Marshall.
About all I can add is that around 10:00 AM, when I sat down at my computer and saw the awful news, I made a quick tour of major news sites, and then of some of the political message boards and weblogs. I was pleased to see that the latter were not filled with attempts to spin the tragedy as a failing of George W. Bush or William J. Clinton, or of either of their parties, or of a particular political philosophy. Everyone I saw had risen above trying to exploit this tragedy to advance their personal causes.
About 90 minutes later, I surfed through all those sites again, and it was starting.