Reacting to the News

What does a Raving Moderate do? I'm clearly not a journalist, not reporting what's going on in the world, just reading it elsewhere - and reacting, based on my life's experience and everything I know. I believe this is what we all need to do to participate in the way the world is being shaped. As the news media are now owned by large corporations who themselves have an interest in what we think about what's happening, and everyone under the sun is trying to get their two cents in to influence the spin (with the Republican Party doing by far the most effective job), individuals who want to retain their independence of mind have to be able to step back and think for themselves. I hope you read and find my perspective interesting. I even rather hope you agree with me. But please, think hard, and put everything you know into your opinions. Maybe then we can make the world safe from propaganda artists of all stripes, Bill O'Reilly.