Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their lives.

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To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a...

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed...

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it,...

The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it,...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad....

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad....

The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.

The moguls are driven by their respective desires for profit - period.

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the...

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the...

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made,...

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made,...

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's...

So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's...

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...