The U.S.-China situation today isn't so much a merger as an opening for them to one day effectively own us. Or destroy us.

Misleading surveys don't help, when pollsters skew the questions to get predetermined results. When the smoke clears, accurate polls show that Americans by and large reject healthcare reform as proposed.

The great luminaries of the talk-radio world are gathering this weekend to honor one of their colleagues, the unique Neal Boortz. The nationally syndicated talk show host is being inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Even political juggernauts die one day. And in Atlanta, it appears that one of America's most powerful municipal political machines is sputtering to a halt: that of the nearly 40-year reign of African-American mayors there.

Forget about whether President Obama has done enough to earn the Nobel Peace Prize, or the Balloon Boy fiasco, or Republicans vs. Democrats. I'm tired of all that, so I salute the American people, working in the trenches against all odds, for Time magazine's top honor.