Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.