I hope James Arther Ray gets a fair trial on his manslaughter charges, but since I’m not going to be a jury member, I’m free to weigh in. I hope he gets convicted and serves some time in his own “sweat lodge” with no easy escape.

It’s important to remember that history shows us that the greatest leaders who help humanity are usually great speakers. But it’s also important to remember that the worst self-serving tyrants who lead people to their own deaths are usually great speakers too.

A major spread about President Obama’s WhiteHouse channel on YouTube in the NYTimes this week. The White House realizes, correctly, that the more it can communicate directly with citizens and without the filter of the mainstream media and the ideological media, the better. The question now is why isn’t every president and every CEO of companies doing the same thing?