Tolkien Jr Completes Lord of Rings
Jonathan Thompson, The Independent
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2390834.ece

Kucinich Has a Chance to Make a Historic Move and to Stand Out as a Presidential Hopeful
Dave Lindorff, Baltimore Chronicle
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/031907Lindorff.shtml

An Open Letter to the President – Four and a Half Years Later
Commentary by Sean Penn
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/03/27/title_31
Even in a so-called victory, what we saw yesterday was a House of Representatives that couldn't bring itself to represent either conscience or constituents. It's a tragedy that the Democratic Party's leadership in Congress refuses to allow the House to vote on Barbara Lee's amendment for a fully funded, orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of this year. Elites circled the war wagons against this proposal, and postponed the day of reckoning that must come as soon as possible - a complete pullout of U.S. military forces from Iraq. There are presidential candidates who understand this. We do have candidates of conscience. As things stand today, I will be voting for Dennis Kucinich, who has fought this war from the beginning. You might say Kucinich can't win. Well, we have an opportunity to re-establish the credibility of democracy as viewed by the world at large.

[Duchess Note – Many thanks to Linda (TX) in sharing the above two articles and a heartfelt BRAVO to Sean Penn who speaks truth. Plus his mentioning Congressman Kucinich. And I also convey a hearty BRAVO to those Americans who strive every day to bring about truth, justice, peace, compassion and enlightenment to those around us.]

QUOTE OF THE DAY … Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. Mahatma Gandhi

Bush's Shadow Army – Blackwater
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070402/scahill

[Duchess Note: If the Bush Regime bombs Iran it'll lead to huge, even major, repercussions that will reverberate around the world. Then I remember what Mahatma Gandhi once said ... When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.]