Today on the 5: I've noticed that many blog posts that have a lot of good things to say also start to bury themselves under an avalanche of words. Not only does it diffuse the points, but it can lead to tangents that that end up undermining those points. I hope we avoid that problem on the show, and on my 5s.

Today on the 5: I took the time to watch the unveiling ceremony at the White House for the portrait of George W. Bush. As I watched the current and former Presidents and their wives speak, I felt a sadness about the whole thing. Can we believe anything that is said by those in power any more?

Today on the 5: The recent revelations of a covert power struggle within the Vatican strike me as revealing. How is it that such terrestrial concerns have made their way into an organization that is, in essence, guided by the divine? Doesn't a scandal of this type reveal the true face of the Vatican?

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Today on the 5: I recently received my carrier specific version of the HTC One X. My impressions so far.