As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

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,...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and...

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.

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into...

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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....

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...

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,...

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to...

Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.