Lives in the Balance

Originally poised as a searing indictment of the Reagan administration's shenanigans in South America, Jackson Browne's powerful "Lives in the Balance" found new life in 2005 when it was recast in a stellar acoustic version, this time taking aim at the Bush administration's dubious anti-terrorism policies. Check out the highly effective video clip here, which comprises a montage of the havoc that the neo-conservatives have wracked on a post-9/11 worldscape.