It was noted just today that the Supreme Court may issue an opinion in time to affect the 2008 election. Coincidence? I think not. As if 2000 were not bad enough.... They want to politicize the Court yet again, just in time to stir up the conservative base. But it is a non-partisan institution, right? (or is that far right?)

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