Chris Hedges describes the divide at TruthDig, in his article entitled "America, the Illiterate": We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes…

I was tempted to leave this person's license plate number un-blurred . . . It's often difficult to find a parking spot in my office building (on those days I don't ride a bicycle to work).   This person gets the "Parking Jerk" award of the day.   Notice the paint on…

Obama has already begun sitting down with war-mongering world leaders without preconditions. Yes, today Barack Obama sat down with George W. Bush.