Globally Optimistic,

I love The Daily Show and I think that it is probably the best source for actual reasoned commentary on TV (we all now the NPR is still the best in general).  Jon interviewed Cliff May about torture this week and I think it was one the most interesting and honest debates on the subject [...]

There is a great article over a the Washington Post about the loss of freedom of speech in most of the world (even the west).  This is a very scary trend that seems to be a spreading around the world.  The U.N. Human Rights Council recently passed a resolution condemning speech that is critical of [...]

A recent article on salon goes into Jim Webb’s proposal for reforming our prison system.  I do not understand the logic of locking people up for simply possessing marijuana (a drug that is far less harmful than tobacco and alcohol).  When we imprison these people we are vastly increasing the cost to the tax payers [...]