War crimes are like the murders of Lady Macbeth. They don 't wash out. Ever. There is no immunity for war crimes.

Lying about who you are is a bad habit. It leads to more lying. And lying is a slippery slope toward the greatest evils man can conjure, a sort of marijuana of evil.

The idea that mobile devices, or Internet devices, are merely conduits through which people will passively pay for content has been around for a decade, and despite continual failures, the message never seems to get through to the content companies.

If we become as ruthless as our enemies, if we become what they claim we are, then it will not matter who wins the so-called Global War on Terror. Terror will have won.

So in 2006 there will be two Democratic parties. There will be the “official” party leaning against the Bush-Reagan-Nixon thesis, those who will say their issue is the tactic of Iraq, and the “netroots” party that may refuse to actively support some of these people and will concentrate on more controversial positions, like saying “no” to torture.

If the historical patterns hold, if the election isn't stolen as blatantly as any Third World despot might steal one, the wheel is about to spin.

Google is a global operator delivering everyone's content, NBC's included, quickly, to whoever wants it. Think of it as an NYSE of knowledge. Does that make it a little more real?

Get that? If you try to stop the Bells from controlling what you can do with your Internet connection you are violating their rights! This is pure chutzpah.

If you're in the open source software business you must be aware of the political impact of what you say and do. You have to understand concepts like credibility. You need to know that the people who support you also, in a way, own you, just as a politician's constituents own them.

Don't keep telling us to support what doesn't work. Don't just lean into what doesn't work. Tell us something new. Give us a new story, give us new values, show us a completely new direction.