Reasons I am hopeful: Stephen Colbert. Did you see him go right at the President? He may be our Edward Murrow, and is sure one ballsey SOB. Neil Young. Living With War rocks! I've not been so moved politically since the demise of Rage Against the Machine. Patricia Ornett. I am so glad that I know her - she is unrelenting in her commitment to decency and ending human suffering. I love her so much. Keith Olbermann. He's managed, almost single-handedly, to liiuminate the illogical bufoonery at FOX news - and discredit them even more than they do themselves. He said, "Their motto: FOX not Facts." My students. NW Indiana is not exactly a hotbed of independent thinking, but they are already able to see past all the greed and racism that surround most issues confronting them. Is it just me, or is the tide turning?
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