American soldiers are well equipped with weapons, clothes, vehicles, radios and maps -- thanks in large measure to the 21,000 inmates working for Federal Prison Industries.
The top-notch PR firm has been spinning wars for the Pentagon for a long time. So it should be no surprise that the man poised to replace Saddam is a Rendon creation.
While the impetus to remove big money from politics is weak nationally, it has accelerated on the state level. Vermont's governor's race, which features a third-party populist who never would have stood a chance in the old soft money system, is quickly showing how immediate the impact of clean elections can be.
