The Printed Page Conveys Information And Commitment,

Barack Obama Strikes Me As A Man Of Strong Principles And Weak Convictions - The Kind Of Guy Who Would Rather Teach Constitutional Law Than Practice It, Or Who'd Rather Watch The Match Alone On Tv Than Arm-wrestle His Opponents.

The Supreme Court Consistently Favors Organized Money And The Political Privileges Of The Corporate Class. We Have A Senate That Is More Responsive To Affluent Constituents Than To Middle-class Constituents, While The Opinions Of Constituents In The Bottom Third Of Income Distribution Have No Apparent Effect At All On The Senate's Roll Call Votes.

Charity Depends On The Vicissitudes Of Whim And Personal Wealth; Justice Depends On Commitment Instead Of Circumstance. Faith-based Charity Provides Crumbs From The Table; Faith-based Justice Offers A Place At The Table.

Hyperbole Was To Lyndon Johnson What Oxygen Is To Life.

These Are The Now-endangered Markers Of A Civilized Society: Legally Ordained Minimum Wages, Child Labor Laws, Workers Safety And Compensation Laws, Pure Foods And Safe Drugs, Social Security, Medicare And Rules That Promote Competitive Markets Over Monopolies And Cartels.