All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.

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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,...

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...

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

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...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

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....

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...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

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,...

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of...

Americas are, for a variety of reasons, the most adept at producing the kind of...

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.

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 for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and...

Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and...

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

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...

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

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

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...