An eloquent and thoughtful discourse from Jon Stewart at the beginning of The Daily Show on Monday. I really loved hearing from Jon that it was possible to call for respect and wisdom from all of us who live in this democracy and share responsibility for the tone of our dialogue -- without needing to blame anybody other than the shooter -- for last week's murderous rampage in Arizona. Sometimes crazy people do crazy things, and you just don't know what might have set someone off.

Margaret Wheatley, the amazing woman who started a revolution in organizational development in 1992 with her book Leadership and the New Science, has a new book out that I've been reading with much pleasure since a friend gave it to me as a Christmas present.