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Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it read more
Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia- that is, nowhere.
To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," read more
To those who feel that their values are the values, the less controlled systems necessarily present a spectacle of "chaos," simply because such systems respond to a diversity of values. The more successfully such systems respond to diversity, the more "chaos" there will be, by definition, according to the standards of any specific set of values- other than diversity or freedom as values. Looked at another way, the more self-righteous observers there are, the more chaos (and "waste") will be seen.
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.
Justice is a concept. Muscle is the reality.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us read more
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.
