It's the people who are doing the nonviolent organizing at the grassroots that make me think there's still hope.

Although I was brought up in a culturally and religious conservative culture, as a Baptist I was taught that no one has the right to subpoena your conscience.

When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.

President Bush, whose scorn for journalists is balanced by a soft spot in his heart for the conglomerates they work for, threatens to veto the Senate action. Keep in mind that when the public was asked to submit comments to the FCC about consolidation, only one percent approved it. The President may not be listening, but the Senate is, and the public won this round. The House has a similar resolution under consideration.

The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.

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.

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.