Face It, The System Is Rigged, And

The White House And The Media Need One Another In Order To Be Successful In Their Jobs. The White House Depends On The Media To Make Its Case To The Public; The Media Need The White House To Fill Their Airtime And News Columns.

Ironically, Tendency To Ignore Inconvenient Facts And Unwelcome Evidence Is Actually President Reagan's True Legacy, As I Noted In 'the Nation' Back In 2000, Before The Current Right-wing Mania For President Reagan Gained Its Full Force.

Mistakes, After All, Are Endemic To Foreign And Military Policy Given The Unpredictability Of Events And The Difficulty Of Securing Reliable Information In A Place Like Iraq.

Apple Is A Wonderful Company For Its Customers And Investors. So, Too, Pixar. (next, Not So Much...) But Apple Is Also An Engine Of Misery For Its Subcontracted Chinese Workers.

One Of The Many, Many Salutary Aspects Of Barack Obama's Impending Presidential Nomination Is The Sea Change His Victory Marks In The Battle For The Mind-set Of The American Foreign Policy Establishment.