The Present Struggle Seems Less About Abolishing

The Problem Of Modern Democracy Is Rooted In Its Neglect Of Unorganized People.

The Do-it-yourself Version Of Pensions Is A Flop, As Many Americans Have Painfully Learned.

The Quest For Homeland Security Is Heading ... Toward The Quasi-militarization Of Everyday Life ... If Danger Might Lurk Anywhere, Maybe Everything Must Be Protected And Policed.

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.

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.