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Choosing hate-mongering Rick Warren for the benediction at his inauguration Obama signals who he really appreciates.

Many life forms are in peril, but the planet is not.

With each new “czar” lobbied for or appointed one has to ask: what’s the place of czars in a democracy?

Blagojevich just doesn’t understand how corruption works.

An article in the NY Times says it’s possible to get a great meal in a restaurant for two for under $100. Maybe the appeal of that piece indicates why their circulation is declining.

Thought provoking quotation from *The Kite Runner* about the perception of reality.

Bush/Cheney knew that Iraq had no WMD before the invasion but they ordered truth out of sight. With the curtain pulled back and truth clearly visible, will it matter?

Ron Suskind says these values are on the rise and essential to America’s recovery of moral leadership. Yes, these are essential. No, these are not on the rise. Corruption rules.

The current U.S. Government has been trying to rollback the Enlightenment and the social contract acting much like the Muslim nations who have never known an Enlightenment.

Those who have power may use it to violate the principles they espouse or the principles of those they represent.