1. Lord and Lady Arrogance Are Dead

And now…this amazing News Bulletin from The Daily Triumph:
Lord and Lady Arrogance are dead, the coroner’s office reports, citing cause of death as living up to their titles. The deceased were the disdainful parents of a son, Insolence, and a daughter, Vanity. Public graveside services will be held down by the riverside at sunset tonight.

Then out of the mud of the thundering moment
the crowd came alive to the call!
The flag had been flung, the scene-marker clapped;
it was Start Racing Forward and Action for All.
We may not delay for even an instant;
the world’s lifelong wailing has got to be heard!

2. Ethics and Dogma Shook Hands Today

And now for a triumphant News Bulletin from The Daily Triumph:
Ethics and Dogma shook hands today after signing the Global Parenthood Accord, deeming it the only way to bridge the gap between Dogma’s unwavering insistence that birth control and abortion must never be employed to prevent unwanted children and Ethics’ steadfast belief that unwanted children will always prevent a sane and happy world. The treaty, possibly humanity’s most succinct, commits its signers to promote the worldwide repetition of the proclamation,
“May only wanted children be conceived on Planet Earth.
May only wanted children be conceived on Planet Earth.
May only wanted children be conceived….”

Science is working overtime to come up with the formula.

She resurrects the kingdom in the childhood meadow.
To the Childhood Church she comes on foot each day,
for life itself’s eternal, as long as there are children;
for as the child shall lead us, we shall find The Way.

3. Ethics Conclusively Proves

And this astonishing News Bulletin just in from The Daily Triumph:
Ethics has conclusively proven that it all comes down to one fundamental root battle—within ourselves and with each other, internally and externally: the battle between Freedom and Authoritarianism.

“Yes, let’s hear it for reduction in the number of variables!”
the Freedom Lovers say.
“Without the order imposed by limitation,
‘rainbow’d be synonymous with ‘gray.’
But how could gray exist
without a colored contrast?
There’d be absolutely nothing
if there were only gray.
So, let’s hear it for reduction in the number of variables!”
the Freedom Lovers say.

Throughout history
countless philosophers have similarly contemplated
while gainfully employed at their plows and at their kitchen sinks.

4. A Species That Betrays

And this sobering News Bulletin from The Daily Triumph gets right to the heart of the matter:
A species that betrays its children will become extinct.

“There has been complete reduction in the number of variables,”
the Freedom Lovers say.
“We have but two choices, fellow citizens of Earth:
to walk this world in peace—or to let life get away.
It takes a savage crisis to create a great solution.
It takes a conscious choice to make a conscious resolution.
It takes a life of action to put evil in retraction.
There is no other way.
Reduction is complete,” the Freedom Lovers say.

5. Conservatives and Conservationists Began Rolling Up Their Shirtsleeves

We interrupt your most recent thought with this auspicious News Bulletin from The Daily Triumph:

Conservatives and conservationists began rolling up their shirtsleeves and cooperating today, agreeing that they are, after all, two stems that share the same root—the word conserve, which means to save. Calling themselves the Conserves, the newly-formed group’s first common-sense conserving act was to waste no time drawing up and signing treaties, creating bylaws, electing officials, or discussing priorities. With newly opened hearts and minds, they instantly understood what it is they wish to save and how quickly they must do so.

Her name is Delia Urchin Fair.
Her mission is to save the human race.
She’s forever riding on a one-way ticket track,
forever on a train through Belgium.
From the future spy,
she knows which side’s to win, she says,
“No matter if I die before it’s won.”
As in visionary housewife in a solitary stand,
as in causing and effecting,

“Oh, don’t do it that way, man!
It’s been done that way so bloody many times before!
To blame and to accuse
is to refuse to solve the problem.
Choose to serve the truth
or to the false be cast as slave.
Reveal, regret, return the lie to sand and let it cease.”

And God bless the innocent victim,
and God bless the long-distance runner
who carries the Olympic flame from Greece!

6. It Turns Out That the Poor Are Smarter Than the Rich!

And this remarkable News Bulletin just in from The Daily Triumph:
It turns out that the poor are smarter than the rich! Because the rich THINK they don’t have enough money, whereas the poor KNOW they don’t have enough money. This presents us with a problem, because it’s the rich who are running our world. On the other hand, there is strength in numbers, and at last report there are countless more-smart poor people on earth than there are less-smart rich people. So!—the poor are not only smarter than the rich, they are also stronger! This is extremely encouraging as we valiantly try to fix this mess.

And then the people reawakened to their common memory
of the origin and destiny of life.
And the people were on fire
with the power of their purpose,
and life became one chance
to make one choice, and then:
Lo! the river blended now
from countless years a-building
to form a force that shattered now
the way it just had been.
Through what had been impregnable
it cut at once a valley—
a force that carved its course
out of sheer necessity.

The injustice of their suffering made their strength enduring;
their righteous flame a-burning propelled them to survive.
For there is more than strength in numbers,
there is human will amassing,
and the holy power of blamelessness cannot be denied.

And the people were of one heart, one mind, and ever growing,
and the power of the people felt just like the will of God.
And like a tide a-turning,
like a ship that’s coming in,
like a constant confirmation
was the people’s power to win!

7. The Genie, Free at Last

And this most encouraging News Bulletin just in from The Daily Triumph:
The Genie, free at last from his imprisoning lamp, has fallen in love with Pandora, who, you may recall, has managed to retain hope—hope itself! With their union, the human race is now blessed with hope-filled magic.

And the Statue of Liberty cries out:

“America! America! It’s time to prove your worth!
Can you conquer with the only power that will endure on Earth?
Can you capture with the force of love what fear has failed to do?
Save the world from brimstone now? Accept it’s up to you?

“How many tried just yesterday and died for freedom’s shore?
But do you even offer refuge to your own embattled poor?
Can you pledge as much for peace as you can burn on war?
Oh, let me lift my lamp again beside a golden door!”