I think it must be nap time. Naps are very good. Everyone should have them.

So how can we get a Department of Peace? Short of electing Dennis Kucinich, which just ain't realistic.

AID (state dept's Agency for International Development) was supposed to be a move in that direction, and maybe it is, but we don't hear much about it. Ditto the Peace Corps, which I'm sure is still doing good work around the world, where it hasn't been chased out (they've pulled their volunteers out of Mauritania in the last year).