From our partners at The Agonist

Dear Agonistas,

Last night around 9pm my ulcer decided it would have one of its rare flare-ups and give me several hours of crippling pain. I’ve been awake all night and right now couldn’t find my nether orifice with both hands and GPS (some would say I normally can’t do that trick anyway). Normal service will be resumed soon, hopefully by tonight’s VP debate, but in the meantime as soon as these pains subside some I’m going to try to catch some sleep. My apologies for my likely absence during much of today. I’m sure the rest of the editorial and authoring team will have plenty of interesting content for you.

Regards Steve