To stay our minds on and be staid

…Robert Frost urged us to “choose something like a star.” If, like me, you’re fretting in a way that is unconducive to celestial thoughts, visit Jay Cost’s thoughtful Horserace Blog, full of up-to-the-minute good stuff helping to sort the wheat from the chaff, and providing guidance on how to interpret the available data. Among other things, Cost has an excellent two-part analysis of the race in Minnesota. (Courtesy of Cliff May and The Corner.)