Okay, I live in 21st century America, I read and I watch television.  You bet I'm paranoid, because these are paranoid times.  And paranoia does its job well, frequently supplying the real answer to the old "Why in the hell did they do that?" question.  For example:

This Sunday's Denton, Texas Record Chronicle published a description of the kind of miscarriage of justice that used to boil enough public blood for changes to quickly ensue.

Which party raised the most money from Wall Street last year?  Bloomberg has the surprise:

In The Contra Costa Times, guest commentator Thomas O'Keefe succinctly explains why academia is largely liberal: conservatives run from teaching.

Deathbed conversions to Christ are commonplace.  You can view them either as attempts to hedge against a lifelong motto of "if it feels good, do it," or as a continuation of that motto.

Increasingly common in the US are "pre-trial conversions" and "pre-sentencing conversions."  The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports that Richard Scrushy, of HealthSouth infamy, is the latest practitioner of this dubious faith.

Proving that Christian penitence still involves groveling, the one and only Jerry Fall Well announced last week that he "doubts that any Democrat will make inroads with evangelical Christians in the next presidential election..."

Speaking of Katherine "the Ballot Fox" Harris (see the post below), did you happen to catch the fact that her "dinner" with Mitchell Wade, the defense contractor/fraud whose money took down Duke Cunningham, cost $2,800?

Ever wondered who exactly makes up this 33% of the public who still support George Bush?  Maybe this will help you understand.

In Friday's NY Times, the article Which Picture of Skilling Will the Enron Jurors Be Most Likely to Believe includes the following passage:

And we should be rightfully scared. Former Nixon counsel John Dean does a killer analysis of a lunatic in charge.....

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