Being a High Church Skeptic, I am curious why the political establishment and the media are suddenly going after key figures in the Bush administration, including Dick Cheney. And why is the investigation focused on who outed Valerie Plame, an offense of far lesser significance than the fabrication of forged documents, the pyramiding of lies, and other deceptions designed to justify statist ambitions for war? Inquiries into the authorship of the Niger “yellowcake” forgeries; or events preceding 9/11; or the identify of the persons and purposes that were insistent upon war with Iraq, would be far more revealing of the … Continue reading Why Now?