Thanks for the link. I wasn't sure which date you meant, as I've missed the last couple of Fridays with Bill.

As I listened to those two, I couldn't help but think that the true heroes in this country are maybe the softest-spoken. Shrieking and ranting draws attention, but to what? Nearly 30 minutes of calm conversation about the possibility of a return to some semblance of goodness and mercy in America is, for the moment, a soothing balm to our pained hearts. But if enough people watch it, and begin to follow other conversations like it, that philosophy becomes the norm.

Ever since Reagan, we saw the mood in this country make a steady shift toward greed and selfishness, toward intolerance and hate. During the Bush years, it became the national conversation, and the voices of those of us who saw what it was doing to our country were drowned out.

Now it's time for a new national conversation and Bill Moyers is still doing his damnedest to let those voices be heard.

I'll spread this bit of outstanding journalism as far as I can. I hope others do, too.