If You Think About It, Washington's Overwhelming

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

In 1900 Americans On Average Lived For Only 49 Years And Most Working People Died Still On The Job.

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.

The Threat To Globalization Is Not The Wasted American Dollars But Washington's Readiness To Mix Us Commercial Interests With Its Self-appointed Role As Global Protector.

Democracy Begins In Human Conversation. A Democratic Conversation Does Not Require Elaborate Rules Of Procedure Or Utopian Notions Of Perfect Consensus. What It Does Require Is A Spirit Of Mutual Respect-people Conversing Critically With One Another In An Atmosphere Of Honesty And Shared Regard.