So, is there hope for a truly democratic Africa? Long answer: Only if continent-wide improvements in education, human rights and public health are coupled with an aggressive and far-sighted debt-relief program that breaks the cycle of subsistence farming and urban squalor. Short answer: No.

When did fact checking and journalism go their separate ways?

Analysis of President Bush's tax plan has revealed that several elaborate tricks and gimmicks were used to make it look like a $1.35 trillion cut, but in reality it's going to be closer to costing $1.8 trillion. Critics claim it's math so fuzzy, you have to squint to see our nation's future of subsistence farming and post-apocalyptic roving motorcycle gangs.

The best defence against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something.

You're your own play.

You need to take a long, hard look in the mirror and not come away thinking, "Hey, there's something wrong with this mirror."

I've always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food.