Common Sense from a Texan

The Average Man likes Jim Hightower's "Common Sense Commentaries" e-mail newsletter. Usually there's one or two that really hit home, but this week they were all great. Enjoy!

GEORGE'S COZY COCOON
George W likes to live in his own world. In fact, "being Bush" seems like a joyful, almost dreamlike experience. Reality, for example, never intrudes into his consciousness.

HOW TO "DO" ETHICS TOM'S WAY
You do teach basic ethics to your children, don't you? You know, the difference between right and wrong.

THE MORALITY OF THE MORALISTS
What is it about ultra-right conservatives who build careers as tongue-clucking scolds? They constantly preach about the moral failings of the rest of us - yet they keep getting caught with their own pants down, morally speaking.

GROWING UP WITH YOUR CHIP
If we have the technology to track the movements of everyone in America, we should use it, right? "No," shout most of us, proud that our country has fought from the start to prevent prying authorities from constantly keeping tabs on where we go and what we do.

NAME THAT SCHOOL!
The attitude of corporate advertisers seems to be that if brute force isn't working, they're probably not using enough of it.