The War On Terrorism Was A Bait

There Are More People At Obama's Table Offering Ideas Than There Were Five Years Ago, But When It Came To Facing Up To The Republicans' Threat To Force A Double-dip Recession If They Didn't Get Their Millionaires' Tax Cut, They Still Amounted To Nothing. And Therein Lies Our Fundamental Problem.

To Become Informed And Hold Government Accountable, The General Public Needs To Obtain News That Is Comprehensive Yet Interesting And Understandable, That Conveys Facts And Outcomes, Not Cosmetic Images And Airy Promises. But That Is Not What The Public Demands.

Americans Have Always Evinced Some Distrust Of Government, But The Current Situation Has Exacerbated This To A Degree That May Be Unprecedented.

I Am Deeply Devoted To The 27,000 Songs I Can Take Anywhere On My Ipod Classic As Well As The Exquisitely Engineered Macbook Air On Which I Typed This Column.

By The Accusation Of Liberal Bias ... The Institutions That Conservatives Revere - The Military, Corporate America, Organized Religion, And The Powerful Conservative Groups Themselves - Will Be Able To Escape Scrutiny And Increase Their Influence.