A note to our readers

We think this is a pretty strong edition and that it will make you laugh or make you angry. We're covering a few things here.

We have a roundtable that's using the framework of the Mamas & the Papas to comment on many other issues. We have an interview with Mike to note the fact that his site is now one month old. We have an essay and an editorial.

Thanks to Francisco and C.I. for permission to reprint the collection of news from Democracy Now! this week. And Ava and C.I. address Veronica Mars in their TV review. Thanks to Cedric and Kat for allowing us to reprint their work. We also thank Dallas for always hunting down our links.

And we thank Elaine who's subbing for Rebecca at Sex And Politics and Screeds and Attitude for participating in the roundtable, the editorial, the essay and the interview. We thank Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man for her help in the four features as well. And Kat for the same Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills). With Mike, we thank him for participating in the roundtable, essay and editorial and for granting us another interview, Mike of Mikey Likes It!

We thank Ava and our unofficial Third Estate Sunday Review member C.I. (The Common Ills) for their excellent TV review.

And we thank the readers who keep us sane and the ones who drive us crazy.

-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava