Very glad to have you back. And to discover that the blank spot was not down to illness or other mishap. Although I was pulling for it's being due to some cool total-immersion work assignment, such as last editorial touches on a simultaneous fall UK/UK release of Iain M. Banks' new novel THE ALGEBRAIST, hint hint.
By the way, about moving: don't I recall that the current Electrolite HQ features a dirigible mast for your corporate airship? Man, bet THAT really sticks out the car window.
Patrick, thanks to the pointer to Newman's frankly brilliant analysis. We've all been waiting for something like this. To paraphrase that old story about Ben Franklin, what Newman has given us is a Democratic agenda, if we can keep it. John Kerry, read it and sweep.
Surely we can find enough money to match the Wahhabis and Hamas school for school, social service for social service. As Newman suggests, capture hearts and minds worldwide with our brand of social justice. NOT just because it's right. But because it's the best and surest-shooting weapon in the entire gleaming arsenal of democracy. How did we ever forget this?
As our religion, I suggest technology-worship. Subsidize low-cost or free Internet cafes in the Sudan, Pakistan, Malaysia, so on. Open free computer schools -- Bill Gates may see some market-prepping advantage here.
Oh, and every time a Falwellian imam closes a movie theater, open a bigger megaplex nearby. How about reading rooms stocked with science fiction and graphic novels?
As for our domestic platform -- wild idea, but what if Newman's social justice were to begin at home?
Finally some invasion news to feel happy about. We're allowed to feel good about a member of the family, right?
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