J.P.B.

John Perry Barlow is a proud liberal and product of the 1960s, but he's never stopped looking forward. His work and commentary is always generous, honest, and optimistic.

His latest column is worth reading. He manages to rein back his anger, survey the situation, and do a little soul-searching without devolving into name-calling or bitterness. He even admits that he was made uncomfortable by being obliged to hope for defeat in Iraq, or a lousy economy. No political party should succeed by hoping for it's country's failure.

By pointing this out I am not engaging in schadenfreund. I just think Barlow is, as usual, a couple of steps ahead of everyone.