BTW, home from 2 weeks at Walt Disney World and facing a manic week which includes: getting a new fence; buying a new car; and entering the VA Medical system. Not to mention, of course, catching up on mail, bills and activities of daily living.

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