I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.

Quote by Lewis H Lapham

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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

The supply of government exceeds demand.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be...

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and...

Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and...

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New...

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New...

Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.

Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail.

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on...

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on...

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on...

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry go-round policy. They got up on...

The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack...

The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack...

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we...

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we...

I am appreciative of the Bush administration's commitment to fair trade by looking at the...

I am appreciative of the Bush administration's commitment to fair trade by looking at the...

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put...

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put...

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's...

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's...

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they...

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they...

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values...

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values...

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as...

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as...