We Are Riveted By The Soap Operas

Journalism, Spooked By Rumors Of Its Own Obsolescence, Has Stopped Believing In Itself. Groans Of Doom Alternate With Panicked Happy Talk.

Celebrity Distorts Democracy By Giving The Rich, Beautiful, And Famous More Authority Than They Deserve.

Settling Is About Not Embracing What Is Best For You And Accepting What You Really Don't Want. When You Settle, You Accept Less Than You Deserve. Settling Becomes A Habit And A Way Of Life, But It Doesn't Have To Be. According To Maureen Dowd, "the Minute You Settle For Less Than You Deserve, You Get Even Less Than You Settled For

The Republicans, With Their Crazed Reagan Fixation, Are A Last-gasp Party, Living Posthumously, Fighting Battles On Sex, Race, Immigration And Public Education Long Ago Won By The Other Side. They're Trying To Roll Back The Clock, But Time Is Passing Them By.

The Clintons Want To Do Big Worthy Things, But They Also Want To Squeeze Money From Rich People Wherever They Live On Planet Earth, Insatiably Gobbling Up Cash For Politics And Charity And Themselves From The Same Incestuous Swirl.