The Eternal Void To Make Alvin Greene SC State House Representative

• Word is spread through the land that the Daoist master of South Carolina, Alvin Greene, is running for a special election to the South Carolina state House. But try to tell that to him. "The filing closes next week and that's when everybody finds out who has filed," he explained in one of his cosmic jokes. The media thinks it can predict the actions of an unmoved mover, but it cannot. It tries to capture and control the manifestations of The Way, or "news," but great leaders are barely noticed. Some would say that Greene has greater name identification now, an advantage in sudden elections such as this. The Master arrives without leaving, sees the light without looking, and achieves without doing a thing. Will Alvin Greene ever leave his hovel? Unlikely. But we have a feeling South Carolina will find itself suddenly and strangely revitalized. [ The State ]

• Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire says she lost her re-election in the midterms because of the Chinese secretly working against her. She errs. Though The Way worked against her and was first recognized by the Chinese, it by no means is a Chinese special interest group. It is no more Chinese than the ear of corn, which, by the way, would make a great member of Congress. [ The Hill ]

• According to a New York Times analysis, Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito are enforcers of their side's points of view. John Roberts and Elena Kagan, on the other hand, move with "polish and charm." And yet the Dao answers without speaking a word. [ NYT ]