I've got a new piece up at The Guardian's Comment is Free America, "John McCain is a moron."

Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain believes that Czechoslovakia is still an existent country, despite the fact that it has not been for 15 years. This makes him the type of person that one might charitably describe as a dum-dum.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking. Some of you are thinking: "Hell, I didn't know Czechoslovakia isn't a country anymore, either - and, darn it, I'm no dum-dum!" Well, maybe you are and maybe you aren't, but it's rather beside the point since you're not running to be the president of the United States, which is one of the most globally important jobs on the planet.

Unfortunately (for a whole lotta reasons), McCain is - and that means he probably ought to have a passing familiarity with the goings-on in Europe over the last couple of decades, as it's an important continent and stuff. It's totally in the Top 10, at least.