I Think Twitter Is A Fabulous Tool.

Maybe We're All A Little Too Desperate These Days For A Simple Formula To Explain How Our Safe World Came Unhinged. That, As Much As Anything, May Explain One Of The More Enduring Conspiracy Theories Of The Moment, The Notion That We Are About To Send A Quarter Of A Million American Soldiers To War For The Sake Of Israel.

Liberation Movements - Prizing Ends Over Means - Are Not Always Particular About Their Friends Or Scrupulous About Their Transactions.

Most Recently, The President's Reluctance To Offend Senator Rick Santorum - A Catholic Theocrat Who Believes That States Should Have The Power To Arrest Gay Lovers In Their Bedrooms, Or Even To Criminalize Couples Who Use Contraceptives - Was An Occasion To Wonder What, Exactly, Mr. Bush Was Born-again Into.

One Of The Most Important Disciplines In Journalism Is To Challenge Your Working Premises.

I Make A Joke That I'm The Internet Curmudgeon, But 'wary' Is A Good Way To Put It.