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There Are All Kinds Of Different Forms Of Public Service, But There's No Form Of Public Service That Can Make More Difference For More People Than Partisan Political Activity.

Genocide Is Not Just A Murderous Madness; It Is, More Deeply, A Politics That Promises A Utopia Beyond Politics - One People, One Land, One Truth, The End Of Difference. Since Genocide Is A Form Of Political Utopia, It Remains An Enduring Temptation In Any Multiethnic And Multicultural Society In Crisis.

It Was Reagan Who Began The Realignment Of American Politics, Making The Republicans Into Internationalist Jeffersonians With His Speech In London At The Palace Of Westminster In 1982, Which Led To The Creation Of The National Endowment For Democracy And The Emergence Of Democracy Promotion As A Central Goal Of United States Foreign Policy.

You're Never Really Out Of Politics.

Tad Homer-dixon Is A Rare Kind Of Public Intellectual, Who Combines Real Expertise With A Commitment To Communicate To The Widest Possible Readership. In The Ingenuity Gap He Wants Us All To Wake-up To The Fearful Possibility That Our Blithe Trust In Science And Technology May Be Misplaced. Human Ingenuity May Not Be Capable Of Coping With Two Emerging Crises Of This Century And The Next: Population Growth And Environmental Despoliation. Read Homer Dixon's Wake-up Call And You Will See The Future Very Differently.