What will we do in years ten, eleven and twelve of this war that we didn't do in the first nine? Aren't we learning from the revolutions across the Arab world that there is only one route to liberation -- and it comes from within?
When we demand our governments give us cheaper gas, we are -- usually unwittingly -- demanding they give more money to some of the worst dictators in the world, invade more countries, and ramp up global warming.
The evidence gathered over centuries of disasters, natural and man-made, is overwhelming. The vast majority of people, when a disaster hits, behave in the aftermath as altruists.
Conservatives in the UK are shutting down great swathes of the hostels and mental health centers that offer the only hope to many homeless men and women fighting to get back to a normal life.
The Tea Party is gazing lovingly across the Atlantic, with saliva drooling across its chin, at David Cameron's massive program of state-slashing -- bringing the biggest cuts here since the 1920s.
