I Own And Operate A Ferocious Ego.

You Only Have To Glance At The Daily News To See How Passions Are Stirred By Claims Of Exclusive Loyalty To One's Own Kin, One's Own Clan, One's Own Country, And One's Own Church. These Ties That Bind Are Vital To Our Communities And Our Lives, But They Can Also Be Twisted Into A Noose.

The Quality Of Democracy And The Quality Of Journalism Are Deeply Entwined.

The Property Qualifications For Federal Office That The Framers Of The Constitution Expressly Chose To Exclude For Demonstrating An Unseemly "veneration Of Wealth " Are Now De Facto In Force And Higher Than The Founding Fathers Could Have Imagined.

We Now Know That A Neo-conservative Is An Arsonist Who Sets The House On Fire And Six Years Later Boasts That No One Can Put It Out.

Unless You're Willing To Fight And Refight The Same Battles Until You Go Blue In The Face, Drive The People You Work With Nuts Going Over Every Detail To Make Certain You've Got It Right, And Then Take Hit After Unfair Hit Accusing You Of Bias, There's No Use Even Trying. You Have To Love It, And I Do. You Just Hope It Strikes A Spark Somewhere In The Critical Mass Of Public Opinion And Helps Some People To Resist Further The Seductions Of Political And Corporate Advertising.