Charisma is a sign of the calling. Saints and pilgrims are defiantly moved by it.

We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an economic theory, a political party, the White House, Newsworld or CNN.

Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision, and by following the American way.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

It began in images and it ended in symbolism.

Electrical fire and the fire of greed kindle economies. In that flux, nations become digitized commodities on stock-exchange floors and on investors' rating screens. A country becomes a product to be rated for its obedience to paying of deficits and debts.

Enlightenment should be a human right.