Americans Cannot Teach Democracy To The World

The Present Struggle Seems Less About Abolishing Big Government Than About Who Gets To Use It.

The Trauma Of 9/11 Stimulated Infinite Possibilities For Worry - Some Quite Plausible, But Most Inspired By Remote What-if Fantasies. A Society Bingeing On Fear Makes Itself Vulnerable To Far More Profound Forms Of Destruction Than Terror Attacks. The "terrorism War", Like A Nostalgic Echo Of The Cold War, Is Using These Popular Fears To Advance A Different Agenda - The Re-engineering Of American Life Through Permanent Mobilization.

Everyone Cares For Disabled People, Right? What They Don't Care For Are Genuine Civil Rights For Disabled People. Mary Johnson Tells The Tortuous, Enraging Story Of How Congress Enacted A Law That Instead Of Protecting Against Discrimination Has Turned 'the Disabled' Into A Political Punching Bag.

In The Deregulated Realm Of Us Banking And Finance, Crime Does Occasionally Pay For Its Foul Deeds, Not In Prison Time But By Making Modest Rebates To The Victims.

If There Is A Mystical Chord In Democracy, It Probably Revolves Around The Notion That Unexpected Music Can Resonate From Politics When People Are Pursuing Questions Larger Than Self... I Have Seen That Ennobling Effect In People Many, Many Times- Expressed By Those Who Found Themselves Engaged In Genuine Acts Of Democratic Expression, Who Claimed Their Right To Define The Larger Destiny Of Their Community, Their Nations.