Bravo, I'm with Frank on this pretty much. Bughouse Square in Chicago, and the Dil Pickle Club -- also in Chicago -- were great forums of free speech and Democracy while, also, being rather chaotic ---just like Mudcat. They all burned bright while they existed. I revel in the memories of those people, places, and times.---It was the freedom of the lives lived there and then that still inspire me.

Even those I differ with here inspire me, and they precipitate more clarity in my own thinking as we, hopefully, move onward and upward.

Be careful, folks. Jumping off a speeding train isn't exactly a smart thing to do. As Max said sort of, now that the train has slowed some, it'd be a good time for some to go.

Art