Our latest obsession is The Wire, from HBO.  If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you check it out.  Like any obsession, Netflix makes it easy to get a fix or go on a binge.  We’ve devoured almost 5 seasons (60 hours) in a little over 4 weeks.  That’s more TV than I’ve watched in a year.

The Wire is about a lot of things:  drug dealers, inner city crime, police, politicians, the media, and the game everyone is playing together.

It strikes me that everything from everyday interactions to the largest economies on earth operate on a single currency:  clout.  Who has it, who wants it, and what they’ll do to get it.