OK, last time it was two weeks, this time it was two months. I plead temporary insanity. I've been enjoying myself, playing games, playing with the dogs, playing my guitar...fiddling, as it were, while Rome burned.

But, dammit, this stuff is important. And things aren't getting any better in the homeland. The Bush league is still pulling the wool over America's eyes, and for the most part, the press is still colluding by its silence. It's up to us all to make our voices heard.

So I'm back. I apologize for my negligence of the past few months, and pledge not to go AWOL again.