Larry, I appreciate the insight here. The Twain list can be remarkably staid -- and silent -- so the interjection of current crisis is welcome, and very pertinent to Twain, and we should be able to disagree and argue. For example, I am drawing up a panel presentation at a rhetoric conference that in part examines Twain's strategies of opposition to the American war of conquest in the Philippines, the notion that there are two Americas, one that liberates and the other that conquers and steals, plus his rejection of patriotism, as very pertinent for an ethos of dissent today. Remember, also, that Twain preferred to be regarded as a traitor rather than "merely" as a humorist -- and he suffered scorn similar to the way Hollywood celebrities are ridiculed because they dare to speak out. Consider Michael Moore. There is no question in my mind that Twain would be disgusted by this war, not only because war is inherently disgusting but because there is such obvious dissembling, flimflam, and flapdoodle going on that it would put the King and the Duke to shame. We been sold! Hilton Obenzinger Associate Director for Honors Writing, Undergraduate Research Programs Stanford University