Reading Ehrenreich Is Good For The Soul.

The Recent Death Of Gene Mccarthy Reminded Me Of A Lesson I Spent A Long, Long Time Unlearning, So Now I Have To Re-learn It. It's About Political Courage And Heroes, And When A Country Is Desperate For Leadership. There Are Times When Regular Politics Will Not Do, And This Is One Of Those Times.

This Is The Man (ronald Reagan) Who Proved That Ignorance Is No Handicap To The Presidency

We've Got The Emphasis On The Wrong Syllable When It Comes To Crime In This Country. The Fbi Says Burglary And Robbery Cost U.s. Taxpayers $3.8 Billion Annually. Securities Fraud Alone Costs Four Times That. And Securities Fraud Is Nothing To The Cost Of Oil Spills, Price-fixing, And Dangerous Or Defective Products. Fraud By Health-care Corporations Alone Costs Us Between $100 Billion And $400 Billion A Year. No Three-strikes-and-you're-out For These Guys. Remember The S&l Scandal? $500 Billion.

The Charm Of Ronald Reagan Is Not Just That He Kept Telling Us Screwy Things, It Was That He Believed Them All. No Wonder We Trusted Him, He Never Lied To Us. ... His Stubbornness, Even Defiance, In The Face Of Facts ('stupid Things,' He Once Called Them In A Memorable Slip) Was Nothing Short Of Splendid. ... This Is The Man Who Proved That Ignorance Is No Handicap To The Presidency.

The Advantage Of Being Able To Identify Sin Is That You Can Go Out And Do It, And Enjoy It.