Last night calltoliberty wrote a diary entitled Bush, Iran and the Totalitarian Fiction which I felt was so important that it could precipitate specific action.

Though I seldom diary and have indeed been so busy lately that I haven't spent as much time here as I once did, I saw something in this piece which could translate to individuals as well as collective action.

What calltoliberty specifically integrated was the basis of the administration's fiction with Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism. I haven't read this book but obviously I need to, for it reflects some of the internal debate I've been enduring lately. And I would endorse reading the diary to catch what I'm going to recommend on the flip.

Today just after lunch a scientific wave washed across the artificial moral barriers of one of the key issues of our day. Science played a big trump card.

A small company in California dedicated to regeneration of organs (not your organ, Leeroy) and stem cell research invented a method to create stem cells which does not harm the embryo. Advanced Cell Technology (ACTC.OB) mooted the whole fundamentalist moral facade surrounding stem cell research.

Twas a hot and sunny day and a cool wave of refreshing creativity has washed over us. See more on the flip.