Never Assume The Obvious Is True.

The Tension Between The Governed And The Governing Is What Makes The World Go 'round. It's Not Love, It's That Tension, Because That Tension Exists In Love Affairs. The Whole Idea Of Control Is At The Heart Of Human Relationships. Control And Resistance To Control.

[senators John Kerry & John Edwards] Have Risen High In Democratic Polls With A Brand Of Class Resentment And Soak-the-rich Rhetoric Rooted In The Old-fashioned Liberalism Of Ted Kennedy.

In Lieu Of Those Checks And Balances Central To Our Legal System, Non-citizens Face An Executive That Is Now Investigator, Prosecutor, Judge, Jury And Jailer Or Executioner. In An Orwellian Twist, Bush's Order Calls This Soviet-style Abomination 'a Full And Fair Trial.'

If You Want To "get In Touch With Your Feelings," Fine, Talk To Yourself. We All Do. But If You Want To Communicate With Another Thinking Human Being, Get In Touch With Your Thoughts. Put Them In Order, Give Them A Purpose, Use Them To Persuade, To Instruct, To Discover, To Seduce. The Secret Way To Do This Is To Write It Down, And Then Cut Out The Confusing Parts.

Dangling Punch Lines To Forgotten Stories Remain In The Language Like The Smile Of The Cheshire Cat.