Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, "Yes, General, No, General."

Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I'm not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news.

The vast majority of the guns in the U.S. are sold to white people who live in the suburbs or the country. When we fantasize about being mugged or home invaded, what's the image of the perpetrator in our heads? Is it the freckled-face kid from down the street - or is it someone who is, if not black, at least poor?

My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity.

Middle class jobs prevent crime and violence.

I think there are few things more patriotic than taking the time to make your country a better place.

What the media are telling you to be afraid of are the wrong things. Fear is a necessary ingredient of our survival instincts.