Well, my way of reducing violence in the world is not being violent myself. So far it has worked quite well. Not that that has much to do with the Middle East crisis, but it's my small contribution to world peace.

To imagine that we can stop all murder is naive, but to imagine we can reduce it is not.

As far as the Middle East goes, yes, write to your politicians, by all means...but I think their minds are already made up, and the script has already been written.

The next big episode will probably be in Iraq, once the present one winds one and declines in popularity and media saleability.

You know, one week it's "Scorpion King"...the next it's "Spiderman"...

The BIG hits are chosen before they even leave the can, folks.

- LH