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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A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...