The cruel ambush of 9/11 supposedly 'changed everything,' slapping us back to reality. Yet we are constantly shocked, shocked by the foreseeable.

Looking back at my high school years, I'm struck by how slowly history can move.

No one is better placed or more philosophically suited than Obama to construct the new counter narrative as we go forward in our new New Deal. But many masters of the old universe, including quite possibly his chief economic adviser, can't recognize that the world has changed or should change.

So who is cruel? You, cruel reader, you are.

We were noticing that the traditional tribal allegiances of liking pop or rock has changed.

Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.