As I said in an earlier post, I went to see a film and discussion Thursday night called the End of Suburbia, which could have easily been called The End of Oil.

In a week where the New Yorker's cover story was about the coming wars and Dubya burbled about freedom (Freedom 27, Liberty 15 was the Daily Show's count -- "it was a noble effort by Liberty, which as you know has been playing hurt since the Patriot Act," cracked Jon Stewart) in his inauguration speech, it seems to me all three could be wrapped into one thread.

A summary of Seymour Hersh's Jan. 18 New Yorker article.

Notes and thoughts on Dubya's inauguration speech.

A look at the film The End of Suburbia, the issues it raises, and how it ties into the Hersh article and Dubya's inauguration.