For no apparent reason, I suddenly started humming a song by the early rockabilly revival musicians Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen last night. So had to share, you know. Here they are performing “Mama Hated Diesels.”

Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.