My boss, Brewster Kahle, knew that I am a raving fan of Amy Goodman and her amazing show of independent journalism. He was kind enough to invite me along to a long breakfast discussion with Amy. They found a common interest on issues of the potential monopoly of Google books, so she scheduled a followup discussion the next day with Brewster on Amy's show "Democracy Now!" (for likely broadcasting Apr20-25). In person, Amy is an incredibly sweet and inquisitive individual. She is brilliant as well as thoughtful, generous and full of grace. I was thrilled to meet her in person and see how a part of her day goes. I look up to her tremendously as an award-winning pioneer in the field of journalism.