Cynicism Is The Largest Obstacle To Social

Cynicism Is The Last Refuge Of Those Who Don't Want To Do The Work Of Creating A Better Society.

When I Was A Kid, The Bigger Boys Would Pick On Me. So I Got An Idea That I Would Make Alliances With Older Boys, Like Just One Or Two, Who Would Be My Protectors.

Now, Inventiveness And Empathy, Those Qualities, If They're Together In The Same Person, You've Got An Entrepreneurial Genius. But They Do Tend To Be Slightly Separate.

Higher Education Isn't Just A Personal Investment. It's A Public Good That Pays Off In A More Competitive Workforce And Better-informed And Engaged Citizens. Every Year, We Spend Nearly $100 Billion On Corporate Welfare, And More Than $500 Billion On Defense Spending. Surely Ensuring The Next Generation Can Compete In The Global Economy Is At Least As Important As Subsidies For Big Business And Military Adventures Around The Globe. In Fact, I Think We Can And Must Go Further - Not Just Making Public Higher Education Tuition-free, But Reinventing Education In America As We Know It.

You`ve Got To Just Follow The Money [in Washington]. You See It. There`s No Countervailing Power.