Here's the headline that will prove the gun-lobby right: "Untrained, Heavily-Armed Citizen, Previously Erroneously Denied Concealed Carry-permit, Single-Handedly Stops Potential Rampage by AK-47 Wielding Terrorists With a Dozen Miraculously-placed Shots from an Unregistered Concealed Assault Rifle, Injuring No One but the Perpetrator." I am currently negotiating for the movie rights.


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich