Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would be difficult to imagine corporatization of the kind witnessed today. But that impulse has weakened, and the relationship between the people and the corporation has…

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Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere,...

Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere,...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Democracy demands an opposition party.

Democracy demands an opposition party.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics...

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with...

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a...

The bizarre world of cards [is] a world of pure power politics where rewards and...

The bizarre world of cards [is] a world of pure power politics where rewards and...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and...

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and...

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the...

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the...

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are...

What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

It will be interesting to see how she reconciles her rhetoric of 2004, when she...

It will be interesting to see how she reconciles her rhetoric of 2004, when she...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.