Democracy Is Held Captive, Not Just By

If One Benefits Tangibly From The Exploitation Of Others Who Are Weak, Is One Morally Implicated In Their Predicament? Or Are Basic Rights Of Human Existence Confined To The Civilized Societies That Are Wealthy Enough To Afford Them? Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others.

The Regime Of Globalization Promotes An Unfettered Marketplace As The Dynamic Instrument Organizing International Relations.

Our Values Are Defined By What We Will Tolerate When It Is Done To Others. Everyone's Sense Of Virtue Is Degraded By The Present Reality. A Revolutionary Principle Is Embedded In The Global Economic System, Awaiting Broader Recognition: Human Dignity Is Indivisible. Across The Distances Of Culture And Nations, Across Vast Gulfs Of Wealth And Poverty, Even The Least Among Us Are Entitled To Dignity, And No Justification Exists Or Brutalizing Them In The Pursuit Of Commerce.

Folks In The Bottom Half Of The Economy Are Already Squeezed Hard. They Will Be Bloodied And Bankrupt If Economic Policy Inadvertently Induces A Recession.

The Point Is, The Political Reporters Are The Ones Who No Longer Understand The Ritual They Are Covering. They Keep Searching For Political Meanings In The Tepid Events When A Convention Is Now Essentially A Human Drama And Only That.