Humanism Is Not Alive And

Imagine Wasting All That Perfectly Good Anger On Paranoid Fantasies. Not Since Emily Litella Got Upset About "soviet Jewelry" Has There Been Such A Waste Of Anger. You Will Notice A Certain Theme To These Emily Litella Moments. Behind Them All Is A Touching Faith That Someone, Somewhere Is Actually In Charge Of What's Happening - A Proposition I Beg Leave To Doubt.

I Still Believe In Hope - Mostly Because There's No Such Place As Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

I Have Been Attacked By Rush Limbaugh On The Air, An Experience Somewhat Akin To Being Gummed By A Newt. It Doesn't Actually Hurt, But It Leaves You With Slimy Stuff On Your Ankle.

On A Personal Note: I Have Contracted An Outstanding Case Of Breast Cancer, From Which I Intend To Recover. I Don't Need Get-well Cards, But I Would Like The Beloved Women Readers To Do Something For Me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.

The United States Of America Is Still Run By Its Citizens. The Government Works For Us. Rank Imperialism And Warmongering Are Not American Traditions Or Values. We Do Not Need To Dominate The World. We Want And Need To Work With Other Nations. We Want To Find Solutions Other Than Killing People. Not In Our Name, Not With Our Money, Not With Our Children's Blood.