Going through the Burn was a politically affirming experience for me. It refreshed my feeling that better things are possible, and reminded me how many Good People there are who just need a little nudge, a little taste of starry connection in order to catch fire themselves. There's an amazing amount of good work being done now by an amazing amount of people. I might be joining the fray full time soon (crossing fingers double-time), and won't that be something if it happens.

In the mean time, the web continues to provide a place for decent people to express quality things. Here's a brilliantly written, very well researched, often hillarious dissection of the right-wing's attempt to smear Cruz Bustamante for his college-days involvement with a Latino student group. Bustamante is the top Democratic candidate running in the California recall. Hopefully the recall itself, which is a sham and a hack, will fail. Even if it does, this man is going to be the next governor; and it's about time.