• For years, I never believed anyone who said the Iraq war was about oil.  How naive I was back then.  But, now that the clock is winding down on Bush and Co., the other shoe has dropped. It’s like a wet dream for Bush, Cheney and the big oil companies.  And, just in case you did not think the White House had anything to do with this (and why would you not, I ask), here’s a few little details.  • If you don’t read “Rolling Stone,” it’s worth the online price (umm, free) for Matt Taibbi’s columns ...

I think my body’s making up for not getting much sleep the other night, because I’ve been having vivid dreams lately. Last night I dreamed that my brother and I were riding a New Jersey Transit train into Manhattan. The train was moving slowly and we weren’t sure way. Then the train stopped, and some ticket-takers came down the aisle and told us that it was a hijacking. We saw that they had guns. One of them walked down the aisle carrying a big garbage bag and asked everyone to empty the cash from their wallets into it. I took out my ...