Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.
Those who incite violence have no business lecturing others about unity.
They declare that it is unpatriotic and disruptive to question the workings of authority--but patriotic to institute harsh and regressive policies that benefit the wealthy, undermine social programs t...
I wish it were different. I wish that we privileged knowledge in politicians, that the ones who know things didn't have to hide it behind brown pants, and that the know-not-enoughs were laughed all th...
We must acknowledge and take responsibility for the conflicts we have helped to create, and act to create real change. That, after all, is the true hallmark of democracy--a commitment to justice, hone...
They took it for more than it was, or anyhow for more than it said; the container was greater than the thing contained, and Lincoln became at once what he would remain for them, the man who freed the...
If Feingold does it, if he wins this race in this year, it will not be as just another Democratic senator. It will not be as a maverick, nor even as an idealist. It will be as a signal that maybe, jus...
One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.
We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people...
Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.
To restrict or legalize abortion, to allow or forbid gay marriage, a legislator would need to write and pass a law, get it signed by the president or a governor, and perhaps override a veto. A Supreme...
There has never been a more important time to vote for the Green Party!
There are few genuine conservatives within the U.S. political system, and it is a sign of the intellectual corruption of the age that the honorable term 'conservatism' can be appropriated to disguise...
Our democracy should aspire to be more democratic.
It is important to bear in mind that political campaigns are designed by the same people who sell toothpaste and cars.
All this is the more maddening, as Edward Shils has pointed out, in a populistic culture which has always set a premium on government by the common man and through the common judgement and which belie...
You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbors. You know, eventually those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.
In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.
Every politician brings in a wide range of context, promises and characters to bring his mission of you to listen to his words and vote for him and later he won't listen to you at any range.
Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.
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