Speakeasy By Patrick Gavin November 24, 2008 5:00 am FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint “I‘m a congenial optimist. …. [Otherwise, I] would’ve gone to my old place in West Virginia and blown my brains out a long time ago.” –Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, in a conference call with conservative bloggers on Tuesday TagsPatrick W. Gavin Related Content Op-Eds Trump Accounts leave taxpayers paying the price Beltway Confidential Jon Ossoff’s revealing posts Energy and Environment Judge orders restart of New York offshore wind farm, giving industry clean sweep of court wins over Trump Beltway Confidential President Trump, just let the United Nations die News South Dakota advances bill banning lab-grown meat