New Girl Scout cookie deserves a better name

I sincerely hope that I do not run into any girl scouts at my local grocery store. I am not sure if I have the willpower yet to walk away. Hopefully, my husband will practice some restraint when he gets to work. Normally, he buys several boxes from a co-worker. I would like to taste the new cookie.

There’s a new Girl Scout cookie in town.

Yes, I realize that more serious things are going on. Newt Gingrich is saying things. Mitt Romney is saying other things. Buddy Roemer, according to an e-mail I just received, has a big announcement coming up. There are other people going door-to-door with issues they consider far more pressing. And perhaps they are right, in the long run. But Girl Scout cookies have been around for a hundred years, bringing joy and calories into the lives of Americans. Can anyone now running for office say the same?

The new cookie is called the Savannah Smile. It’s a lemon cookie that resembles a gibbous moon lightly dusted in sugar.

And I have a bone to pick with it.

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