On second thought
"Whereases" seems a bit hectoring, Tom, so I'd like to back away from it, at least in tone. In retrospect, I slipped easily into that familiar argument...which is a sure sign that it's grown kind of stale. There are more current topics that've been on my mind, like the nature of the war on terror, that I'll bring up in a while, when I have a chance to organize my thoughts. I can write off yet another position paper on the premises of the war.