Saying it feels like blasphemy, and I probably wouldn't be doing it if I lived near ground zero or lost a loved one there, but last year's election was no less a tragedy than 9-11. If fear of more attacks was what clinched the vote for Bush, then the terrorists won. But if it really was a referendum on "values," decided by voters goaded into thinking intolerance was the highest form of morality, the results were even more distressing. It's almost comforting to believe Ohio was rigged (Mark Crispin Miller supplies ample evidence... More >>>