And I know that we'll have a lot to discuss when I tell you that the forests are the next renewable-energy resource where the Ron Pauls work with the old New Lefters (like me) - at least in the Pacific NW, but likely in New England, too.

It's essentially rational communitarianism, and the tendency is ingrained in many rural areas of the U.S. It's tribal to some extent, of course, but the real diehard racists are in retreat - snarling all the way.

paul spencer