Special Feeling

Didn't you feel good when you learned that I. Scooter Libby was convicted this morning?

I (me, not Scooter) did. It gave me a little boost and put a little je ne sais quoi in my step today, as I trudged through my case work and considered the struggle I'm in on behalf of organized labor. It's easy when you always work on the powerless side of the power equation (like I always do and will, o.k.?) to feel like my work is futile or a drop in the bucket. So "keeping hope alive" has a special meaning to me, and I take it when and where I can get it. I'm not saying the Libby conviction is going to change the world, but it helps.