When Dick Cheney slithered out of his cave to call Edward Snowden a traitor - a claim, given its slimy source, Snowden called "the highest honor you can give an American" - it was the latest in an ongoing, vengeful, bizarre and irrelevant campaign of vitriol against a guy who, regardless of his personal flaws, strengths or story, has indisputably "done something brave and worthwhile." And the best commentary pushes past the distracting, mud-slinging, name-calling debris to capture that kernel of truth.

"The everyday fact that the police have the right to monitor the communications of all its citizens – in secret – is a classic hallmark of a state that fears freedom as well as championing it." - Guardian editorial

Seeking to bypass an almost-total corporate media blackout of the rising movement against GMOs, a coalition of anti-Monsanto groups is launching a campaign calling on people to make and share online videos highlighting the issue. Much more to help reclaim our food.

Yes, these people are still here. They were just at the Faith and Freedom conference bearing the evidently straight-faced title, Road to the Majority, wherein speakers said immigrants are more fertile, we need to protect the unborn, if America doesn't step up to fight radical Islam who will and the GOP needs to lean even further to the right without actually falling off the planet. Sarah Palin! Herman Cain! Phyllis Schlafly! Muslim jokes! They are still here, and despite the polls and elections and lay of the land, they want to be your future.