America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

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When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...

We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for...

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.