I Own And Operate A Ferocious Ego.

I Can't Speak For A War That I Believe Is Immoral.

The Rich Today Are Richer, There Are More Of Them, They Have Round-the-clock Propaganda Factories In Rupert Murdoch's Empire And Rightwing Talk Radio, And Corporate Media Have Their Back.

I Report The Assault On Nature Evidenced In Coal Mining That Tears The Tops Off Mountains And Dumps Them Into Rivers, Sacrificing The Health And Lives Of Those In The River Valleys To Short-term Profit, And I See A Link Between That Process And The Stock-market Frenzy Which Scorns Long-term Investments-genuine Savings-in Favor Of Quick Turnovers And Speculative Bubbles Whose Inevitable Bursting Leaves Insiders With Stuffed Pockets And Millions Of Small Stockholders, Pensioners, And Employees Out Of Work, Out Of Luck, And Out Of Hope.

How Can Those Of Us Who Are Parents Help Our Children Recognize Their Bliss?

In Uniform Patriotism Can Salute One Flag Only, Embrace But The First Circle Of Life - One's Own Land And Tribe. In War That Is Necessary, In Peace It Is Not Enough.