It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success.

Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack.

America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.